Sign Our T-Mobile Petition by Aug. 1

Just two days left! Thousands of CWA members and supporters continue to sign onto the petition urging Germany's parliament to use its shareholder power to investigate labor rights violations at T-Mobile US.

The German government owns a large chunk of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company. But while Deutsche Telekom respects the rights of workers in Germany, its American subsidiary uses harassment and intimidation to block workers from gaining a union voice.

With your signatures, we can pressure the parliament to hold a hearing on these abuses – and ignite change.

The petition is available here.

Please print it out, sign it and mail it back to CWA headquarters no later than Aug. 1:

CWA
Attn: Louise Novotny
501 Third Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20001

Leaders and members of the German union ver.di have already collected tens of thousands of signatures.

CWA President Chris Shelton continues to encourage members of Congress to sign on and help bring pressure on the German government to act. Recently, 23 House Democrats, led by Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), wrote a letter to Deutsche Telekom CEO Timotheus Hoettges, telling him that his company must "rectify its US management's reprehensible behavior." 

"But more importantly, the behavior and the culture among T-Mobile management must change," they wrote. "Altering the words on paper is not enough. Workers' rights must be concretely and meaningfully respected at your company, and as such, we demand that you take swift and immediate action to come into compliance with US law."

Read more about the campaign on Buzzfeed:
Unions' New Target For Improving T-Mobile: The German Government