"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Deutsche Telekom (DT) activists in several German cities rallied last week to show support for their partners at T-Mobile locations in the U.S. who are pushing hard for CWA representation.

In Brüehl, Germany, ver.di activists and T-Mobile workers tell their U.S. counterparts, "you'll never walk alone."

In addition, a delegation of union members from Brüehl, Germany, joined their colleagues in Springfield, Mo. The activists are all members of ver.di, the German union representing 2 million workers, including workers at DT and T-Mobile. ver.di, working with CWA, is determined to support T-Mobile US workers in their bid for union representation.

TU members from the U.S. and Brüehl, Germany, gather outside T-Mobile's Springfield, Mo., call center, to show their support for a union voice.

On May 20-21, ver.di activists at worker meetings in Augsburg and Nürnberg, Bavaria, stood up for the two T-Mobile US workers in Albuquerque who were fired because of their union support. Activists wore t-shirts showing the faces of Amber Diaz and Josue Urrutia below the headline that screamed: "Fired for Organizing a Union at T-Mobile." Activists also handed out leaflets and circulated a petition calling on DT and T-Mobile management to keep "fingers off our union activists." More than 300 signatures were collected in just a few minutes.

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T-Mobile activists from Brühl rallied with T-Mobile US call center workers in Springfield, Mo., while back in Brühl, workers collected signatures for a solidarity pledge and told the T-Mobile US workers, "you'll never walk alone."

More photos from the action in Brühl are located here.

In Bavaria, Germany, ver.di activists sign petitions and call on Deutsche Telekom to respect the rights of T-Mobile US workers.

The worker-to-worker partnerships between T-Mobile US workers and German union activists are growing stronger every day. Here's the current list: Nashville, TN – Dusseldorf; Charleston, SC – Berlin; Albuquerque – Bavaria; Wichita, KS – Dortmund; Springfield, MO – Brüehl; Texas – North Rhine Westphalia; and East Coast retail stores – North Rhine Westphalia.