Organizing Update

GP Mobile Workers Vote Union Yes

Workers at GP Mobile, a T-Mobile authorized retail store in Lawrence, Kan., voted unanimously Feb. 19 to join CWA and the new TU organizing Local 6457. GP Mobile is one of the largest T-Mobile Premier retailers with 39 stores in four states.

CWA District 6 organizing coordinator Tammy Chaffee worked with activists who overcame an intense and aggressive anti-union campaign, including two-hour individual captive meetings in which the company implied that the organizing drive would destroy the career of the well-liked store manager. Two supporters quit before the vote, but the group held strong.

Wichita TU activist Angela Melvin met with Lawrence workers and attended the vote count. She said she came away even more inspired to build TU at her own T-Mobile call center.

Retail store workers in Lawrence, Kans., vote for a CWA voice.