Resources
Factsheet: T-Mobile US’s Anti Union Policies and Actions at a Glance
Since entering the U.S. market in 2001, Deutsche Telekom has allowed its subsidiary T-Mobile US to conduct a systematic campaign to prevent employees from exercising their right to organize. Find out more about T-Mobile's anti-union tactics.
Factsheet: Stressful Working Conditions at T-Mobile
At T-Mobile, workers face unrealistic sales expectations, constantly changing performance metrics, and the fear that comes with a lack of job security. Workers have complained that performance metrics do not take into consideration the daily issues that they face, and that even the most skilled workers have difficulty meeting some metrics. Workers at T-Mobile have no input in the development of these measures. Find out more about the stressful working conditions at T-Mobile USA.
Unacceptable: We Expect Better.
In February 2012, 13 ver.di leaders and Deutsche Telekom works councilors visited with T-Mobile USA workers. They were shocked by what they heard. This report details their reactions. Download the report in English or in German.
We Expect Better: The Campaign at Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile USA
The bilingual report (English and German) gives an overview of T-Mobile USA union avoidance tactics, its justification for interference with workers' decisions to organize, and the reactions of various observers. It includes statements and letters from German unionists as well as U.S. and German politicians. Download the bilingual version
The Deutsche Telekom 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report - An Assessment Based On Global Reporting
Lowering the Bar or Setting the Standard?
In this report, the American Rights at Work Education Fund exposes a systematic campaign to prevent employees from forming a union by T-Mobile USA and its parent company, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom.
A Strange Case
This report details ways in which some European multinational firms, like Deutsche Telekom have carried out aggressive campaigns to keep workers in the United States from organizing and bargaining, violating international standards and, often, US labor laws.
