Organizing Update

The Lakeland Ledger

The newsroom staff of The Lakeland Ledger took a major step this week toward forming a union dedicated to preserving high-quality journalism amid cutbacks and mounting financial pressures in the newspaper industry.

Reporters, photographers, copy editors and other employees in The Ledger's newsroom signed cards stating their desire to be represented by The NewsGuild-CWA. The cards, filed Monday with the National Labor Relations Board, will trigger an NLRB-monitored in the next 20 to 40 days.

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T-Mobile

On Monday T-Mobile Workers United (TU) will open its first field office to support the rapid growth of the union's organizing campaign. Lothar Schröder, a ver.di union leader and vice-chairman of the Deutsche Telekom Supervisory Board, will take part in the ribbon cutting ceremony along with TU Chief Stewards from around the country, CWA activists, and community allies.

The Wichita field office will be a place where T-Mobile workers can learn more about the union and members can ramp up their campaign to improve their workplace.