ver.di Helps Keep the Pressure on T-Mobile

Members of ver.di, facing tough negotiations with T-Mobile in Germany, show solidarity with their U.S. colleagues at T-Mobile USA.

CWA activists and T-Mobile USA workers are continuing to spotlight the company's bad decision to close seven call centers, affecting the jobs of 3,300 workers.

They're getting lots of support, especially from ver.di members, who themselves are in tough negotiations with T-Mobile in Germany.

In Bonn, about 1,000 members of ver.di held a rally outside the headquarters of T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom. They made sure to show their solidarity with T-Mobile USA workers and include fairness for T-Mobile USA workers in that protest.

Following a rally outside the T-Mobile call center in Allentown, Pa., the mayor joined the fight to keep the call center open. CWAers and T-Mobile workers are meeting with elected officials in Brownsville, Texas and other locations, to build support for keeping the 3,300 jobs in the U.S.

And the Seattle labor and progressive community is joining a big demonstration outside T-Mobile USA's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, where workers will deliver banners from every call center slated to close, with signed messages from workers, community supporters and their families.

Ads on Facebook, Google and other prominent websites are spreading awareness about T-Mobile, along with an online petition.

Learn more at www.weworkbettertogether.org.