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More than 20,000 members of ver.di at T-Systems in Germany, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, are mobilizing for job actions following management's failure to resolve workers' bargaining issues after three rounds of negotiations. In the last few days, about 2,000 workers have participated in partial strikes at different locations.

CWA's Customer Service Advocate Committee is up and running, with members representing customer service work across CWA sectors - wireless and wireline telecommunications, public sector, airlines and the newspaper industry.

A new study by the University of California's Berkeley Labor Center shows that non-union members would be equally hit by a health care excise tax. Based on data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the analysis finds that at least 80 percent of the workers who would be hit by the tax in 2019 would be non-union employees. However, non-union members, like union members, would benefit from changes that union leaders negotiated with the White House and congressional leaders last month.

CWA is continuing to press for NLRB nominees Craig Becker and Mark Pearce to be confirmed as soon as possible, with a recess appointment from President Obama if necessary.

Union activists will rally at the AFL-CIO on Feb. 23 to support bargaining rights for the 40,000 Transportation Security Officers who work at the nation's airports. Union members across DC and staff from every union, including the National Education Association, Change to Win unions and AFL-CIO unions, will join the rally beginning at 11:30.