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Ver.di Activist Joins T-Mobile Protests
News
July 5, 2012
Ver.di activist and Works Councilor Uli Meyer-Berhorn joined local union activists Monday in protesting the actions of T-Mobile USA in Tacoma, Wash.
Piedmont Agents Ratify First Contract by Nearly Unanimous Vote
Press Release
Members of the Communications Workers of America, who are fleet and passenger service agents at Piedmont Airlines, overwhelmingly ratified their first contract by a 94 percent vote.
CWA: Judge's Decision a 'Travesty' for American Airlines Agents and Democracy
Press Release
Today?s ruling by US District Court Judge Terry Means is a disgrace and a travesty of justice for 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines. The Court, despite a clear reiteration of congressional intent by the Senate authors of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization, determined that the 50 percent showing of interest standard should apply to agents who have been waiting for months for their lawful, democratic vote.
American Agents Rally at District Court for the Right to Vote
News
June 21, 2012
American Airlines agents and supporters rallied today outside the U.S. District Court in Ft. Worth, Tex., then went inside where Judge Terry Means was hearing American Airlines? case for a preliminary injunction that would further stop the 10,000 agents from their exercising democratic right to vote.
GE Workers Keep Fighting for Their Union
News
June 21, 2012
Workers at the General Electric switchgear plant in Burlington, Iowa did everything they could to save their company, even taking pay cuts of 30-50 percent to keep the plant running.