Online Campaign to Protect Jobs at T-Mobile /MetroPCS

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Corporate mergers often benefit CEOs and wealthy shareholders at the expense of workers. But when mergers need government approval, regulators can make sure that workers and consumers are protected.

Today, there are thousands of American jobs on the line in the proposed T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger, and we don’t have long to speak up and make sure regulators protect them.

Sign our petition, and tell the Federal Communications Commission to make sure that T-Mobile workers aren’t victims of the merger.

Our country’s economic recovery is fragile. Too often, mergers like the one being proposed between T-Mobile and MetroPCS result in job losses that weaken local businesses and reduce funding for schools and public services. Customers who rely on quality service from trained and experienced employees are left with nowhere to turn.

It doesn’t have to be this way. FCC Chair Julius Genachowski and the other commissioners are reviewing the T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger plans right now. They have the power to prevent layoffs as part of the merger agreement. But they won’t act if they don’t hear from us.

Corporations are spending millions of dollars on lobbyists and lawyers to make sure that their concerns about the merger are addressed. Will you take two minutes to sign the petition to make sure that the workers’ concerns aren’t forgotten?

http://action.cwa-union.org/c/312/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5608

Let’s make sure that the FCC gets the message – we must all work together to support good jobs and strong communities.

From: Blake Poindexter, CWA

Subject Line options: I’m fighting for my coworkers’ jobs

[FirstName],

Last year, T-Mobile closed my call center in Texas and I lost my job.

In total, three thousand of us were laid off. The only silver lining in that cloud was that some of my coworkers were able to keep their jobs by relocating to other T-Mobile call centers and the Department of Labor ruled we could qualify for extended unemployment and training as our work was now being done offshore.

Now T-Mobile wants to merge with MetroPCS and there’s a real risk that more T-Mobile call centers will be closed and my friends will be stuck in new towns without jobs.

Join me in fighting to help my former coworkers keep their jobs -- sign our petition now!

Last month I went to Washington DC with T-Mobile call center employees from Richmond, VA and Charleston, SC to make sure that the members of the Federal Communications Commission understand what's at stake. The FCC has the power to put conditions on the merger that could keep and grow jobs here in the United States and bring back jobs sent overseas. We met with some of the commissioners, and made our case.

But our voices aren't enough. We need your help to convince the FCC that workers matter just as much as CEOs and wealthy shareholders. Lend your voice and sign our petition:

http://action.cwa-union.org/c/312/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5608

Help me make sure workers aren’t forgotten in favor of the big corporations.