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The AFL-CIO has launched an expansive online survey about America's broken health care system that will be shared with all presidential candidates, current senators and representatives and everyone running for Congress, as well as candidates for state and local offices nationwide.

When state governments shop for companies to do business with, they have the responsibility to choose those that respect workers' rights and "treat their workers fairly and with dignity" Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski told Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg in a letter urging him to respect his employees' right to organize.

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.