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U.S. Added to Watch List of the World's Worst Labor Violators
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May 22, 2014
At the International Trade Union Confederation conference in Berlin this week, the organization's General Secretary Sharan Burrow made an announcement that would have been unthinkable a generation ago. Workers in the U.S. face systematic violation of their rights by some government officials and/or corporations that are engaged in serious efforts to threaten and crush workers' rights, according to the ITUC.
Truth to Power: Fired T-Mobile Workers Questions CEO About its U.S. Labor Practices
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May 22, 2014
How is it that Deutsche Telekom manages to ignore criticisms from home and abroad of subsidiary T-Mobile US for violating the rights of workers, Josh Coleman wanted to know?
What Happened in the Basement?
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May 22, 2014
When most workers in the U.S. want a union, they face harassment by supervisors and intimidation by corporate executives. This video offers a good look at what happens in the basement, for too many U.S. workers.
Macklemore. Really?
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May 22, 2014
United Students Against Sweatshops is pushing rapper Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to break up with union-busting T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, and instead stand up for workers at T-Mobile who are been harassed, disciplined and fired just because they want a union.
Breaking: Verizon Wireless Retail Store Workers in Brooklyn Vote CWA
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May 15, 2014
In a huge win for Verizon Wireless workers, retail store workers at six Verizon Wireless stores in Brooklyn, N.Y., voted for a union voice and representation by CWA Local 1109.