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Chamber to 'Populist' Candidates: We'll Bite You Until You Bleed The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued a warning to those pesky "populist" candidates for president: If you consider workers' rights anywhere near as important as the right of businesses to make money hand over fist, we're going after you.

Of all the tens of millions of Americans worried about soaring health care costs, one group is even more vulnerable than the rest: Retirees under age 65 who don't have – or could lose – employer-paid health insurance and are years away from qualifying for Medicare.

Seeking bargaining rights and affordable health care like 39,000 of their CWA-represented co-workers at AT&T Mobility have, over 900 of the company's retail sales workers in Georgia and Kentucky gained CWA representation through majority card check. The American Arbitration Association certified the results from the Kentucky campaign on Jan. 4 and the Georgia campaign on Nov. 27. Overall, there are 326 retail sales workers in Kentucky and 602 in Georgia.

The Associaton of Flight Attendants-CWA hosted flight attendant leaders from unions representing nearly 90,000 flight attendants at CWA headquarters this week for a three-day summit to prepare for critical contract negotiations and coordinate strategies to raise overall industry standards.

The CWA Store is open, with top-quality, union-made shirts, jackets, caps watches and other items available for sale to CWA members.