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At the Deutsche Telekom annual meeting in Cologne, Germany next week, members of ver.di, the union representing T-Mobile and DT workers in Germany, will be leafleting participants as they enter the meeting.

Advocating for media diversity, good jobs and the survival of quality journalism, TNG-CWA President Bernie Lunzer cautioned the FCC this week against lifting what's left of the ban on cross-ownership of a community's newspapers and broadcast media.

The National Labor Relations Board has charged the Albany, N.Y., Times Union newspaper with breaking labor law by abruptly dismissing workers last summer while TNG-CWA was negotiating over layoffs.

CWA's 60,000 public worker members in New Jersey are in a huge fight, along with teachers and other state workers, against the right-wing attack by new Republican Governor Chris Christie.

What a difference real labor law makes! Following the joint news conference in Bonn, Germany, with CWA and ver.di, the union representing German workers at Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile, newspaper accounts in Germany criticized DT for the "climate of fear" it has allowed to continue at T-Mobile USA operations.