T-Mobile Workers Win Union Voice in Connecticut

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CWA

Hamden, Connecticut -- T-Mobile USA technicians in Connecticut today voted for representation by the Communications Workers of America-TU.

The vote was 8-7 for CWA-TU representation with one challenged ballot of a union supporter who had recently transferred into the unit. The challenge will not affect the outcome.

The Connecticut technicians are the first to vote for union representation at T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile operations in Germany, owned by Deutsche Telekom, fully respect workers’ right to bargain collectively, but U.S. management historically had undertaken a campaign of delaying tactics and interference to intimidate workers. The Connecticut techs stood strong against these tactics and for a union voice.

“CWA is proud to work with these T-Mobile techs, and with T-Mobile workers in New York who want to organize and bargain for a voice on the job. They stood up for what’s right,” said CWA District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton.


Read more: http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_win_union_voice_in_connecticut

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[Moosepoop]

1. Excellent!! K&R!

:)

[Exultant Democracy]

2. Right in time to lose their jobs in the merger, they need to get the att techs in CT to join too

if they want any hope of having jobs.

[IamK]

3. AT&T is union and tmobile workers would be joining CWA anyway post merger...

There will still be tens of thousands of layoffs but they are hoping 50% will be through attrition...