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AFA-CWA: GOP Trying to Turn Airline Workers' Victory into Defeat

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March 10, 2011
Embattled state workers aren't the only ones fighting for their rights today, AFA-CWA says airline workers are at risk, too, as U.S. House Republicans try to kill the National Mediation Board's new, fair and democratic rules for union elections.

ver.di Supports Wisconsin Public Workers and All Workers Who Want Bargaining Rights

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March 9, 2011
ver.di, the union representing more than 2 million workers in Germany, has contacted Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, urging him to ?choose a constructive path and stand by the commitments that have already been set out in legally-negotiated collective agreements.?

ver.di and CWA are working together and have formed TU, a joint global union representing T-Mobile workers in Germany and the U.S. German workers and citizens are appalled by Deutsche Telekom?s double standard: T-Mobile workers in Germany have full bargaining rights and workers? rights are respected by management, contrary to the fear and harassment workers face in the U.S.

Working Together: Is it Really the End of Workers' Rights?

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March 8, 2011

Do you find the cover of the CWA News disturbing? We all should. It?s unthinkable that we're seeing the kind of all-out assault on basic workers' rights and collective bargaining that we?re seeing now in Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, New Mexico and many more states, and in the House of Representatives. Workers' rights and collective bargaining are under a vicious attack. Our opponents, backed by the Chamber of Commerce and big bucks, right-wing interests like the Koch brothers are promising not to stop until they succeed in taking away the fundamental right of workers in a democracy to join together and bargain collectively. That?s the reality.