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realtmobile wrote a new diary post: CWA Wins Settlement in Dispute about T-Mobile’s Social Networking Policy
Another win for freedom of speech! In February 2011, CWA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB against T-Mobile USA over the company’s restrictive and overly broad policies against employees’ freedom to discuss workplace issues on social networking sites (learn more here ). Last week, the National Labor Relations Board settled CWA’s charge against T-Mobile, before the case [...] -
realtmobile wrote a new diary post: Global Unions Respond to T-Mobile USA’s latest union attacks
Global labour has responded to the latest anti-worker attacks initiated by Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile USA, and have written to Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann asking for an immediate intervention to stop management’s violations of international labour conventions. Last week the company in the United States launched an aggressive anti-union campaign against a group of more [...] -
realtmobile commented on the blog post Labor Silent in Opposing NAFTA-Style Korea Free Trade; Here’s Where They Used to Stand
Great piece, Michael.
I hope we as unions get our act together and protest this unfair trade agreement – and stand in solidarity with our Korean brothers and sisters and their unions fighting against this agreement. -
realtmobile wrote a new diary post: Deutsche Telekom “Takes Responsibility” but Is Mute on Union Intolerance in U.S.
On November 23, DT celebrated its second “Corporate Responsibility Day.” “We take responsbility” is the company’s motto. Its press release announced that it would “take stock” of its progress. Corporate responsibility, according to the release, is “now embedded in the Group strategy.” CEO René Obermann “has declared CR a top-level priority and organized the Group-wide CR strategy into a [...] -
realtmobile wrote a new diary post: 1,500 Stand Strong for T-Mobile Workers at UNI World Congress
Last week in Nagasaki, Japan, 1,500 delegates from 335 different unions and 87 countries stood in solidarity with T-Mobile workers across the globe. The delegates, who represent UNI Global Union affiliates, were in Japan for the UNI World Congress. UNI has 20 million members worldwide. CWA President Larry Cohen and ver.di National Executive Board member Lothar [...] -
realtmobile wrote a new diary post: Customer Service Professionals Show Solidarity with T-Mobile Employees at San Diego Conference
Daniel Lynch, UNI Global Union, attended and participated in the CWA Customer Service Conference in San Diego, October 20-23. These are his impressions. Daniel will be contributing to the web site on an occasional basis.In a strong message to Rene Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, call center workers from across the U.S. signed postcards to [...]
