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German Political Leaders, Scholars Call for End to Union-Busting by Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile

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.?

German Political Leaders, Scholars Call for End to Union-Busting by Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile

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AT&T Legacy T - Bargaining Report # 19

In an earlier report we told you about the company?s proposal to change the vacation language. Under their proposal, if you are laid off, resign, retire or are terminated (for anything other than misconduct) and you have not used all your vacation time you only get a portion of the? pay in lieu of vacation? depending on what month you leave the payroll. So, for example, if you are laid off in February and would have been entitled to 5 weeks vacation (200 hours), and haven?t used any yet, you only get 33 hours pay in lieu of vacation. The only improvement in today?s proposal is that they will pay your beneficiaries your full year?s vacation IF YOU DIE!! That was supposed to be an advance!

AT&T Legacy T - Bargaining Report # 19