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Former T-Mobile USA Worker to Speak at Deutsche Telekom Annual Meeting in Cologne
A former T-Mobile USA worker who lost his job as T-Mobile USA shuts down seven call centers will address shareholders attending the Deutsche Telekom (DT) annual meeting in Cologne, Germany, on May 24. Blake Poindexter, who now is working with CWA to help T-Mobile USA workers gain bargaining rights, worked at the Frisco, Tex., call center. That center, along with six others, will close in June affecting the jobs of 3,300 workers. Poindexter and his Frisco colleagues worked for union representation at their call center, but have faced management intimidation and interference. In his remarks on Thursday, Blake will ask Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann to end T-Mobile USA?s interference in workers? efforts to gain union representation.
The Jobless Recovery: Finding Solutions for America's Workers
At the Center for National Policy, CWA President Larry Cohen will talk about how to turn around a 'jobless recovery." Session starts at noon on May 22.
NLRB Region 2 Authorizes Issuance of Complaint Against Verizon for Unfair Firings, Discipline
National Labor Relation Board Region 2 has authorized the issuance of a complaint against Verizon Communications for its actions in disciplining and firing workers following the two-week strike by union members last August.
Court's Decision Doesn't Alter the Right of American Airlines Agents to a Fair and Timely Election
Statement by the Communications Workers of America on today's ruling by Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane. Passenger service agents were seeking a temporary injunction to block American Airlines from implementing drastic wage, benefit and job cuts while agents are waiting for their election
Nine Upstate New York Mayors Tell FCC, DOJ Verizon Wireless/Big Cable Deal Hurts our Communities
In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the mayors of nine upstate New York cities ? Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Cortland, Elmira, Kingston, Syracuse, Troy, and Utica ?expressed deep concern today that the secretive deal between Verizon Wireless and some of the nation?s largest cable companies would have a devastating impact on their communities.