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German T-Mobile Workers Treated Far Better Than US Workers
Client: CWA Communication Workers of America
Media Outlet: Russia Today
Thirteen Deutsche Telekom/T-Mobile workers, all members of the German union ver.di, and a member of Germany’s Bundestag are visiting the US to meet with T-Mobile USA workers and see firsthand how those who want union representation are treated. In Germany, workers sit on the board of DT, they are free to form a union, and they have a meaningful voice in the workplace. In the U.S., efforts to organize at T-Mobile USA (a subsidary of DT) are met with hostility and threats.
Consumers use Change.org to petition Apple, calling on the tech giant to investigate and improve supplier facility conditions in China. The latest development has manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group announcing a wage increase for its workers.
Consumers Sour on Apple Over Poor Working Conditions in Supply Facilities
Client: SumOfUs
Media Outlet: Current TV Countdown with Keith Olbermann
SumofUs' Executive Director and President Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman talks Apple and ethics and what the company needs to do to make real, substantive change in its supplier facilities.
