Here’s the thing about those so-called “pampered” union workers. They don’t exist. But the mythology comes in handy when you’re looking to redirect the blame for these tough economic times. A wise man once said: “The working classes didn’t bring this on. It was the big boys that thought the financial drunk was going to last forever and over-bought, over-merged and over-capitalized.” That came from Will Rogers in 1931.

Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker, whose inflexible demand to strip 200,000 state and local workers of their collective bargaining rights has drawn nationwide protests against the GOP’s anti-worker agenda, ducked a confrontation with protesters in D.C. on Feb. 27. Walker was scheduled to attend the National Governors Association meeting in D.C., starting that evening. He didn’t show up -- perhaps because of the several hundred marching unionists out front.

The longest work stoppage by journalists in Canadian history is finally coming to an end. After a long, difficult day, 253 locked-out employees of the Journal de Montréal voted Saturday night to accept the latest offer from their employer, Quebecor Media. The deal will see 62 of them return to work for the first time in more than two years, plus one part-time position. The rest will be given a severance package worth a combined $20 million.