Press Releases

In an open letter published today in the New York Times, 11 leading German legal scholars and politicians called on Deutsche Telekom and other German companies to ensure that workers at German subsidiaries in the U.S., particularly T-Mobile USA, are able to ?exercise their unrestricted right to opt for organized representation in the company without fear. They must not be influenced, pressured, or intimidated by employers if they exercise their basic right for freedom of association. The human right of freedom of speech notably entails this right as well.?

Groups of elected officials and advocates from Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo and Syracuse announced today in Reply Comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) their deep concerns about a secretive deal between Verizon subsidiary Verizon Wireless and the nation?s biggest cable companies. If approved, this deal would lead to higher prices, fewer options, and a growing digital divide for consumers in the five cities and across the country.

T-Mobile USA?s decision to close seven call centers, employing 3,300 workers, is a bad one. It harms workers and communities, and in several locations, abuses taxpayers who provided funds to the company in exchange for employment and economic development.

A major investigative journalism piece from The Sunday Times (UK) provides unsettling details about how individuals? financial data are illegally culled from call centers in India and peddled on a thriving black market. On the heels of an investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that uncovered a fraudulent debt collection ring operating out of an Indian call center, these developments call into question the safety and security of our continued off-shoring trend ? no matter the way foreign authorities and off-shoring companies try to downplay the risk.

Verizon workers, members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, joined by progressive allies and AFL-CIO activists ? are holding rallies and actions in nearly 300 communities as a part of a nationwide day of action against Verizon?s corporate greed.