T-Mobile Workers, CWA Fight for Jobs, Workers' Rights

T-Mobile workers and CWA supporters are taking a message directly to T-Mobile headquarters next week, delivering more than 100,000 petitions to CEO Philipp Humm calling on the company to bring back quality jobs to the U.S.

There's still time to make your voice heard. Sign the petition at http://cwa-union.org/t-mobile.

Union members and other community activists throughout the Seattle area will rally on April 16 in support of T-Mobile workers who want to keep their jobs and want the right to fairly choose union representation.

T-Mobile USA announced it was closing seven call centers, affecting the jobs of 3,300 U.S. workers, even though the company continues to operate call centers in the Philippines and Honduras employing more than 6,000.

The company also has put other workers on notice that its "restructuring" isn't finished; technicians and other technical support workers are likely next to see their jobs outsourced.

Several T-Mobile workers, members of TU, the joint union established by CWA and ver.di, which represents German T-Mobile workers, are making the trip to T-Mobile headquarters in Bellevue, Wash., to make sure the company gets the message loud and clear.

T-Mobile also has taken $14.2 million in taxpayer subsidies in four communities where it's now closing operations: Frisco, Tex., $3.7 million; Brownsville, Tex., $5.3 million; Lenexa, Kan., $3.9 million; and Redmond, Ore., $1.3 million.

In Fort Lauderdale, Fla., outside another call center slated to shut down, workers and community supporters also will rally on April 16.