T-Mobile Workers Celebrate International Women's Day

German workers at T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom, members of ver.di, joined their U.S. colleagues in marking International Women's Day on March 8 and standing up for workers' rights.

The ver.di members held up signs of support, while TU members in the U.S. dressed as Rosie the Riveter, sharing their photos and messages on social media.

T-Mobile Workers United (TU) is the local union for T-Mobile and Metro PCS workers to gain a voice and fair treatment on the job.

TU members have been fighting back against T-Mobile's illegal "gag orders" that tried to stop the company's 46,000 workers from talking to each other about workplace issues. Last year, the National Labor Relations Board found that T-Mobile illegally prohibits its employees from discussing the terms and conditions of employment with their co-workers and others. At locations in at least South Carolina and Maine, the company had been requiring employees to sign a confidentiality agreement whenever it conducted an internal investigation, including incidents of sexual harassment.

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From Brühl, Augsburg and other CWA partner locations in Germany to Wichita, Kans., Albuquerque and Springfield, Mo., T-Mobile workers marked International Women's Day by putting the company on notice: 'We have the right to speak out!"