Press Releases

One week after the shutdown of all non-safety related activities of the Federal Aviation Administration and the layoff of tens of thousands of workers nationwide, aviation professionals today are demanding that lawmakers in the House of Representatives stop hurting working families and pass a clean FAA extension.

CWAers are fired up for a fair contract. Members overwhelmingly vote strike authorization and will get on the bus for a huge rally at VZ headquarters in NYC on Saturday, July 30.

As the Associated Press reports today, "A quarrel between the House and Senate over union organizing by airline and railroad workers could lead to a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration."

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.