http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/ en Copyright 2012 2012-05-15T22:19:36+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/more_job_cuts_at_t-mobile1/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/more_job_cuts_at_t-mobile1/ This morning T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm sent an ominous e-mail communication to all employees suggesting that major job cuts lurked in the near future.  He spoke of a “second essential step” after the closure of seven call centers (and the displacement of 3,300 employees) announced in March. Humm announced a “new structure that further aligns our costs with our revenue realities.” Click here for a copy of the e-mail. Job Cuts, Blogs, Company News, Workers 2012-05-15T22:19:36+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/real_bargaining_rights_produce_big_gains_for_ver.di_members_at_t-mobile/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/real_bargaining_rights_produce_big_gains_for_ver.di_members_at_t-mobile/ In a major victory for Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile workers, ver.di — the union representing more than two million workers — announced a tentative agreement with DT that provides for a 6.5 percent pay increase over two years for 50,000 workers in Germany. According to CWA President Larry Cohen, the agreement is a tremendous step forward for ver.di, TU and the global labor movement. Blogs, Workers 2012-05-15T00:13:54+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/video_us_visit_of_deutsche_telekom_workers/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/video_us_visit_of_deutsche_telekom_workers/ Workers and union activists from Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's German parent company, visited the U.S.A. to meet with their American counterparts. Watch this video of their week long delegation. Blogs, Workers 2012-04-27T20:30:56+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/larry_cohen_speaks_to_thousands_of_striking_german_dt_workers/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/larry_cohen_speaks_to_thousands_of_striking_german_dt_workers/ Today, Larry Cohen President of the Communications workers of America (CWA), gave a speech before 10,000 Deutsche Telekom workers. The rally took place in front of the hotel in Düsseldorf where T-Mobile USA's parent company Deutsche Telekom and union ver.di are bargaining a new contract for 85,000 DT’s workers. Blogs, Workers 2012-04-24T17:19:46+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/cwa_files_for_trade_adjustment_assistance_for_workers_facing_layoffs_a/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/cwa_files_for_trade_adjustment_assistance_for_workers_facing_layoffs_a/ Arguing that 3,300 working Americans should not face severe economic hardship because their employer chooses to offshore call center work, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) has requested that the U.S. Department of Labor grant Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits to T-Mobile USA customer service representatives at seven U.S. call centers enters slated for closure in June. Job Cuts, Blogs, Workers 2012-04-23T13:09:22+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/cwa_in_solidarity_with_deutsche_telekom_strike_actions_in_germany/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/cwa_in_solidarity_with_deutsche_telekom_strike_actions_in_germany/ CWA members and workers from T-Mobile USA showed their solidarity with striking workers at Deutsche Telekom in Germany. CWA President Larry Cohen sent a message to strike leaders in Germany who then read the message to Deutsche Telekom strikers – both on the picket lines and in meetings (English translation). Meanwhile, throughout the U.S. hundreds of workers gathered in front of T-Mobile stores holding signs reading “Solidarity with ver.di.”CWA members and workers from T-Mobile USA showed their solidarity with striking workers at Deutsche Telekom in Germany. CWA President Larry Cohen sent a message to strike leaders in Germany who then read the message to Deutsche Telekom strikers – both on the picket lines and in meetings. Meanwhile, throughout the U.S. hundreds of workers gathered in front of T-Mobile stores holding signs reading “Solidarity with ver.di.” Blogs, Workers 2012-04-20T14:30:09+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_fight_to_keep_t-mobile_usa_jobs/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_fight_to_keep_t-mobile_usa_jobs/ With 3,300 workers at risk of losing their jobs when T-Mobile USA closes seven call centers in June, the Communications Workers of America launched a national campaign today to protect those jobs at a rally in Bellevue, outside corporate headquarters.  Participants included CWA members and union and community supporters from the Seattle area. Also joining the rally were T-Mobile workers, including workers from the call centers that are slated to close. Job Cuts, Blogs, Workers 2012-04-17T18:38:43+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/appeal_for_workers_rights_at_t-mobile_and_other_german_companies/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/appeal_for_workers_rights_at_t-mobile_and_other_german_companies/ In an open letter published March 28, 2012, in the New York Times (page A17 of the Washington edition), eleven notable German legal scholars and politicians (from three different political parties) called on Deutsche Telekom and other German companies to ensure that workers at German subsidiaries in the U.S., particularly T-Mobile USA, are able to “exercise their unrestricted right to opt for organized representation in the company without fear. They must not be influenced, pressured, or intimidated by employers if they exercise their basic right for freedom of association. The human right of freedom of speech notably entails this right as well.” The signatories called on Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile USA to “end all collaboration with U.S. consultants who advise employers how to fight employee representation …. Even in the Federal Republic of Germany there are shortsighted employers and lawyers who believe they can get away with a lack of integrity and respect toward unions and work councils and who think they can forgo cooperation. Practical experiences and scientific studies show, however, that employer conduct based on this model will ultimately be harmful to the company,” they wrote. Investors 2012-04-16T17:40:59+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_call_center_workers_mobilize_against_closures/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_call_center_workers_mobilize_against_closures/ CWA activists and T-Mobile USA workers are spotlighting the company's bad decision to close seven call centers, affecting the jobs of 3,300 workers. From Pennsylvania to Texas to Oregon, workers are meeting with community leaders, local elected officials and others to fight for their jobs. The seven centers slated to close are: Allentown, Pa.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Frisco, Texas; Brownsville, Texas; Thornton, Colo.; Redmond, Ore.; and Lenexa, Kansas.  CWA has been working with T-Mobile USA workers who want a union voice. The German union ver.di, which represents T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom workers in Germany, has played a major role in this effort, standing up for the rights of workers to choose union representation without the atmosphere of fear and intimidation that T-Mobile USA has created. Job Cuts, Blogs, Workers 2012-03-30T14:46:01+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/German_Political_Leaders_Legal_Scholars_Call_for_End_to_Union-Busting_by_D/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/German_Political_Leaders_Legal_Scholars_Call_for_End_to_Union-Busting_by_D/ In an open letter published today in the New York Times, 11 leading German legal scholars and politicians called on Deutsche Telekom and other German companies to ensure that workers at German subsidiaries in the U.S., particularly T-Mobile USA, are able to “exercise their unrestricted right to opt for organized representation in the company without fear. They must not be influenced, pressured, or intimidated by employers if they exercise their basic right for freedom of association. The human right of freedom of speech notably entails this right as well.” In Germany, Deutsche Telekom respects unions and workers’ rights, and in fact boasts of its positive relationship with unions. But in the U.S., 23,000 workers face an atmosphere of intimidation from a company that hires union busting consultants and viciously fights workers’ efforts to join a union. The signers, among them the former Federal Minister of Justice Herta Däubler Gmelin, former Vice Chancellor Franz Müntefering, and former Federal Minister of Defense Peter Struck are calling on Deutsche Telekom to “end all collaboration with U.S. consultants who advise employers how to fight employee representation.” Click here to support the We Expect Better from Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile Campaign. Blogs, Workers 2012-03-27T22:00:15+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobiles_decision_to_cut_3300_jobs_is_wrong/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobiles_decision_to_cut_3300_jobs_is_wrong/ They should bring back some of the 6000 that they've outsourced to the Philippines and Honduras!  You've probably heard by now that T-Mobile USA plans to close 7 call centers on June 22, 2012, putting 3,300 people out of work. This comes on top of hundreds who've already been let go as they began to downsize a couple of years ago.   This is a wake up call - the time to organize is NOW! Consider these facts: WITH A UNION the company could not make unilateral decisions like that, they would have to bargain over it the company would have to sit down and negotiate over the effects: severance, job training, health care etc. the workers could use the political might of the union to lobby elected officials to pressure the company to keep some call centers open. Job Cuts, Blogs, Workers 2012-03-25T15:24:21+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/cwa_statement_t-mobile_usa_follows_low-road_business_model_in_cutting_/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/cwa_statement_t-mobile_usa_follows_low-road_business_model_in_cutting_/ Statement by the Communications Workers of America on T-Mobile USA’s closing seven call centers and cutting thousands of jobs: For release March 23, 2012 Washington, DC --T-Mobile USA’s decision to close seven call centers, employing 3,300 workers, is a bad one. It harms workers and communities, and in several locations, abuses taxpayers who provided funds to the company in exchange for employment and economic development. Jobs could have been brought back from Asia and Honduras. Instead, T-Mobile USA did what CWA predicted would happen to a company without a path to a 4G-LTE network: it cut U.S. workers’ jobs. Lothar Schröder, member of the ver.di board which represents more than 2 million workers in Germany, including T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom workers, criticized the decision. “In the United States, intelligent solutions are needed to persist and grow in the market in the long term. Unimaginative austerity policies including the closure of workplaces and the dismissal of thousands of employees have never been successful and never lead to lasting solutions.” Job Cuts, Blogs, Company News, Workers 2012-03-23T22:09:50+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/mp_klaus_barthel_workers_rights_should_apply_worldwide_especially_at_t-mobi/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/mp_klaus_barthel_workers_rights_should_apply_worldwide_especially_at_t-mobi/ Klaus Barthel, a leading member of the German parliament, the Bundestag, accompanied the ver.di delegation last week to meet T-Mobile workers and learn about their efforts to organize in the US.  Over the course of a week, the delegation met with 25 T-Mobile workers in Washington, DC, Nashville, Tn and Frisco, TX (near Dallas). Klaus Barthels issued the following statement below. Workers' Rights should apply worldwide - Especially at T-Mobile USA! Following this week's delegation to the U.S., Klaus Barthel, SPD parliamentary caucus spokesman for economic policy, as well as the world economy working group spokesman, made the following statement: Globalization cannot look like this -- the Board of Directors of Deutsche Telekom and its main shareholder, the German Government, must end the anti-employee and anti-union practices at T-Mobile USA now! In the United States, T-Mobile USA, the 100%-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, acts as the spearhead of the anti-union movement. Blogs, Workers 2012-02-29T14:52:46+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_6_we_are_watching_you/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_6_we_are_watching_you/ By Lisa Künne After a short night, our last day began with a meeting with employees from T-Mobile USA, from AT&T and with CWA organizers. It is very shocking to hear how T-Mobile USA is fighting these brave and engaged activists. Around 11 am we had to interrupt the exchange for a meeting at the German embassy. At the embassy we met the head of the economic department, Peter Fischer. Ado explained to him what T-Mobile is doing in the United States to avoid unions. Since Peter Fischer had not been in the US for long, he didn’t know the situation of the unions very well. He did not know about this terrible kind of behaviour. He understood our concerns and promised to send a detailed report to Germany. Blogs, Workers 2012-02-27T15:13:58+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/deutsche_telekom_downwardly_mobile_in_the_u.s/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/deutsche_telekom_downwardly_mobile_in_the_u.s/ Deutsche Telekom has a problem the size of a Buick parked in its backyard. The failed $39 billion deal to sell its T-Mobile USA business to AT&T cost the latter a breakup fee of about $4 billion. But there was a silver lining for AT&T: The uncertainty of the drawn-out regulatory process took its toll on rival T-Mobile. Photo: Dire outlook. By Derek Pedros. The fallout for Deutsche Telekom could ultimately overwhelm the breakup fee it collected, with the $3 billion impairment of its U.S. assets, reported Thursday, potentially just the start. T-Mobile USA -- which makes up about a quarter of Deutsche Telekom's revenue -- is subscale versus market leaders Verizon Wireless and AT&T, and is struggling badly. It lost 1.65 million contract customers last year, leading revenue down 8%. Blogs, Company News, Industry News, Investors 2012-02-26T18:42:49+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_day_5_leafleting_in_frisco_texas/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_day_5_leafleting_in_frisco_texas/ By Werner Schönau, Dieter Badel and Helmut Angerer On the fifth day of our visit we said goodby to Klaus Barthel, member of the German parliament. Later in the day we went to the T-Mobile call center in Frisco. It was a very direct experience to learn about the anti-union behavior of T-Mobile and we ask all co-workers to express their solidarity with the struggle of our brothers and sisters in the USA. Blogs, Workers 2012-02-24T15:01:15+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/Delegation_Diary_Day_4_How_to_reach_out_to_young_workers/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/Delegation_Diary_Day_4_How_to_reach_out_to_young_workers/ By Giovanni Suriano On the second day in Nashville we had a meeting with AT&T workers. We compared working conditions at an organized company such as AT&T and at an unorganized company such as T-Mobile. We also compared the system of industrial relations in the US with the system in Germany. Although the framework is quite different we noticed that we have some problems and challenges in common. Photo: Today's blogger Giovanni on the right Blogs, Workers 2012-02-23T15:11:05+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_in_nashville_expect_better/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_in_nashville_expect_better/ T-Mobile call center worker Roland Ellis explains why he and his co-workers want the freedom to choose to join a union at T-Mobile. Blogs, Workers 2012-02-23T13:35:11+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_day_3_leafleting_in_nashvilletennessee/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_day_3_leafleting_in_nashvilletennessee/ The day started early, because we had to get up at 5am to take the flight from Washington, DC to Nashville, Tennessee at 7.35 a.m. Our group was accompanied by Tony from CWA. When we arrived at the airport in Nashville our sisters from CWA Local 3808 welcomed us pleasantly. Together we went to the United Steelworkers' union hall, where local 3808 is located. Photo: the ver.di delegation at a T-Mobile store Blogs, Workers 2012-02-22T15:14:42+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_day_2_learning_about_the_war_on_workers/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_day_2_learning_about_the_war_on_workers/ Conny is from a T-Mobile retail shop in Germany and is a member of the works council. The trip with the ver.di delegation is her first time in the U.S. On the second day in Washington D.C., ver.di members met with co-workers of T-Mobile U.S. and AT&T and CWA staff. Photo: Lisa, Deutsche Telekom Customer Service Blogs, Workers 2012-02-21T03:08:21+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_day_1_german_union_delegation_heading_to_washington_d.c/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/delegation_diary_day_1_german_union_delegation_heading_to_washington_d.c/ This week a group of Deutsche Telekom workers and ver.di members and Klaus Barthel, a Member of the German Parliament  Bundestag, are visiting the United States to meet with T-Mobile USA workers, learn about the war on workers in the US and the strong solidarity between ver.di and CWA. The workers will be blogging about their experience on a daily basis. So please stay tuned! Stephan, a Deutsche Telekom worker from Düsseldorf is starting the Delegation Diary 2012. A group of union activists of Deutsche Telekom from all over Germany gathered at Frankfurt airport on early Sunday morning. We are eleven employees, who work as techs, in customer service centers or shops. Some of us are members of work councils and released from our regular work. We are all members of the united service sector union ver.di.  Three union officials of ver.di and Klaus Barthel, a member of the German parliament accompany us on our trip. I already sport my CWA button, which I received from the U.S. delegation that went to Germany last year. I met with our brothers and sisters from T-Mobile USA in Düsseldorf. They described the working conditions at T-Mobile USA. We all were shocked about the huge differences in comparison with our situation. Many things were not regulated, for instance the working time, or negotiated with the employees. Blogs, Workers 2012-02-20T13:34:14+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_croatia_workers_strike_over_unfair_plan_to_cut_over_450_jobs/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_croatia_workers_strike_over_unfair_plan_to_cut_over_450_jobs/ From: UNI Global Union Croatian workers at T-Mobile Croatia are on strike in protest over the company’s plan to cut unionized employees without proper negotiation with the union.  While the company plans to cut full-time, regular unionized workers, it has a rising number of temporary and student workers on its payroll. UNI Global Union is supporting the Croatian workers and their union, HST Croatian Telekom Workers (HST), in their demand that the company employs regular workers under decent conditions and respects social dialogue and collective bargaining rights. Blogs, Workers 2012-01-26T17:00:38+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_usa_having_trouble_following_us_law/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_usa_having_trouble_following_us_law/ Oops, they did it again! For the third time this year (remember here and here?) T-Mobile is required by the National Labor Relations Board to email all employees a notice about their right to form a union as part of a settlement. The company is also required to post the notice in the workplace.  In September 2011, CWA filed charges against the T-Mobile Call Center management in Frisco, TX, when managers harassed and interrogated one of our committee members and in doing so issued an "overly broad" (and INCORRECT) rule regarding employees' right to organize.  Photo: Stop breaking the law, T-Mobile! by zebi.  Once again, we say, T-Mobile, just follow the law. It's really not that hard. How is that for a New Year's resolution? We expect better! Blogs, Workers 2012-01-08T15:26:52+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/videos_german_deutsche_telekom_workers_send_messages_of_support_to_t-m/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/videos_german_deutsche_telekom_workers_send_messages_of_support_to_t-m/ As part of our "We expect better from Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile USA" video series German Deutsche Telekom workers and ver.di members send messages of support to T-Mobile USA workers, who are trying to win the right to union representation by CWA-TU. Watch all 23 clips here. Blogs, Workers 2011-12-21T19:15:45+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/international_human_rights_day_and_deutsche_telekom/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/international_human_rights_day_and_deutsche_telekom/ On Saturday December 10, the world celebrated Human Rights Day. The UN chose that day in 1950 to commemorate the proclamation and adoption on December 10, 1948, of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. It is sobering to reflect on how far the world has come in 63 years and how much more can be done to realize the ideals of the UN Declaration. We believe Deutsche Telekom has some work to do to celebrate December 10 with a clean conscience. We have two items to share that suggest the company’s aggressive union avoidance in the United States – at the wholly-owned subsidiary T-Mobile USA – leaves the company open to considerable risk to brand and reputation. DT appears to have inadequate protocols in place to manage or monitor the conduct of local subsidiaries consistent with its CSR commitments. Investors 2011-12-08T22:52:10+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/Once_again_T-Mobile_Forced_to_Follow_the_Law/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/Once_again_T-Mobile_Forced_to_Follow_the_Law/ In October 2011, CWA filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge with the National Labor Relations Board, Region 34 against T-Mobile, when managers wouldn't allow workers to have union related taglines in their emails, while allowing other kinds of taglines.  Personalized taglines are quite common among T-Mobile workers and vary from all sorts of slogans, bible verses and quotes. After the technicians in CT won the union in July this year, some workers changed their email taglines into "Proud member of CWA Local 1298." Management promptly and illegally asked them to remove the union related tagline, while allowing other workers to keep theirs. As this discriminates against union members, CWA filed charges against T-Mobile. This week, the NLRB settled CWA’s charge against T-Mobile before the case went to trial. As part of the settlement, T-Mobile is required again (Remember? This is not the first time this year) to email all employees a notice about the settlement in addition to posting the notice in the workplace. photo: afsart Blogs, Workers 2011-12-01T18:25:50+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_blog_top_10_reasons_that_t-mobile_lost_the_jd_power_award/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_blog_top_10_reasons_that_t-mobile_lost_the_jd_power_award/ This is a great essay from a T-Mobile Customer Care worker about the real reasons, why T-Mobile lost the JD Power Award. Agree? Disagree? Join the discussion: http://forum.tuworkers.org. Contact us if you want to contribute to our T-Mobile workers blog.  In a team meeting we were told,  "frankly, YOU are the reason we lost JD Powers, YOU are just not nice to customers anymore".  I was in a state of disbelief that as a front line employee with virtually NO INPUT as to how the company is run, I was being told it was my fault!  I went home and slept on it and came up with the following 10 Reasons that T-Mobile Lost JD Powers.  10)  Continuous reductions in call time.... Get those customers off the phone and do it FAST!  Five minutes or less! 9)  More outsourcing!  Philippines, India, South Africa, Guadalajara, we don't care just as long as they will work for less than 'good ole American employees'. 8)  Required Data can now NOT be removed with purchase of a phone first.  (I actually like this but we played our hand all wrong.)  First it can, now it can't....make up your mind!  We should have NEVER been removing the required data for phone first purchases right after an upgrade to a data device.   7)  Shortened time until the customer is LADEXed!  Is it my imagination or is everyone getting LADEXed in HALF the time that it previously took? 6)  Speaking of LADEX..... it's NOT FREE anymore and we're NOT going to notify you of the change!  It's $20 per line! 5)  Oh speaking of changing the rules, we changed your due date while we were at it and didn't bother to tell you about that either!  Oh one other thing,  ANY change to your minute plan will cost you another 2 year contact, baby!  4)  Longer hold time when calling in to customer service is NOT your imagination.  We are reducing employee levels by firing them and making it unbearable for them to work for TMobile.   Please hold for the next available agent........... Blogs, Workers 2011-11-11T15:42:16+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/tu_members_joined_att_mobility_bargaining_caucus/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/tu_members_joined_att_mobility_bargaining_caucus/ ATT Mobility CWA leaders met in Dallas on November 7th and 8th to discuss and vote on priorities for improving their contract in upcoming negotiations.  They also spent time discussing ways to strengthen their organization by reaching out to and involving more members in organizing and mobilizations activities.   They invited two members of the TU organizing committee at the T-Mobile call center in nearby Frisco to their meeting.   Photo: Mark Franken, Lamar Banks, Donna Bentley, Blake Poindexter, Jamone Ross, District 6 VP Claude Cummings, Sylvia Ramos, Ed Pinkelman, AJ Villegas, and Judy Graves Blogs, Workers 2011-11-10T16:42:15+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_join_together_we_expect_better/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_join_together_we_expect_better/ Retail, Call Center and Tech workers across the country are coming together to fight for a better T-Mobile. Check out this great video and learn more about why more and more workers are expecting better from T-Mobile. If you like the join the movement, contact us at RealT-Mobile@cwa-union.org. Blogs, Workers 2011-11-04T19:05:22+00:00 http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/show_your_support_for_t-mobile_workers_wear_the_picbadge_change_your_facebo/ http://www.loweringthebarforus.org/news/entry/show_your_support_for_t-mobile_workers_wear_the_picbadge_change_your_facebo/ Support T-Mobile workers! As part of the UNI Global Union Telecom Conference in Mexico City this week, we are asking everyone to join the campaign to stop union-busting at T-Mobile USA by either adding a PicBadge to their Facebook profile picture or to change their Facebook profile picture entirely. Our goal is to have 10,000 people wearing the "We Expect Better from T-Mobile" badge until the end of October 2011. Change your profile picture now and invite your friends! Here is how you can get the "WE EXPECT BETTER FROM T-MOBILE" PicBadge: http://www.picbadges.com/we-expect-better-from-t-mobile/2336566/ You can also MAKE THE WE EXPECT BETTER ICON YOUR PROFILE PICTURE by clicking here to view the icons on Facebook, and tagging yourself in the photo you want to use (you must be logged into Facebook to tag yourself). The icon will then be available for you to choose when you edit your profile picture.     Be sure to leave us a message here: http://www.facebook.com/loweringthebar Blogs, Workers 2011-10-19T21:05:16+00:00