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T-Mobile USA technicians in Connecticut today voted for representation by the Communications Workers of America-TU. The vote was 8-7 for CWA-TU representation with one challenged ballot of a union supporter who had recently transferred into the unit. The challenge will not affect the outcome. The Connecticut technicians are the first to vote for union representation at T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile operations in Germany, owned by Deutsche Telekom, fully respect workers? right to bargain collectively, but U.S. management historically had undertaken a campaign of delaying tactics and interference to intimidate workers. The Connecticut techs stood strong against these tactics and for a union voice.

The two largest labor organizations in the world today stood together to denounce T-Mobile USA?s practice of forcing managers to threaten and intimidate employees in America seeking the opportunity to vote on joining the Communications Workers of America. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), UNI Global Union, the German based ver.di union and CWA together filed a complaint in Germany -- home of T-Mobile?s parent corporation Deutsche Telekom -- charging T-Mobile USA with systematically harassing employees in two states under the guidance of highly-paid anti-union lawyers.

CWA delegates vote for national and regional leaders.

CWA President Larry Cohen elected to four-year term, voting underway for secretary-treasurer, regional vice presidents and an at-large board member.

United States Senator Richard Blumenthal met today with several of the 15 Connecticut T-Mobile technicians and with representatives of the Communications Workers of America, and said he believes that there is "clear majority support" among the techs for representation by the T-Mobile workers' division of the CWA, CWA-TU.