Corporate mergers often benefit CEOs and wealthy shareholders at the expense of workers. But when mergers need government approval, regulators can make sure that workers and consumers are protected.

Today, there are thousands of American jobs on the line in the proposed T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger, and we don’t have long to speak up and make sure regulators protect them.

Sign our petition, and tell the Federal Communications Commission to make sure that T-Mobile workers aren’t victims of the merger. 

Our country’s economic recovery is fragile. Too often, mergers like the one being proposed between T-Mobile and MetroPCS result in job losses that weaken local businesses and reduce funding for schools and public services. Customers who rely on quality service from trained and experienced employees are left with nowhere to turn.

It doesn’t have to be this way. FCC Chair Julius Genachowski and the other commissioners are reviewing the T-Mobile/MetroPCS merger plans right now. They have the power to prevent layoffs as part of the merger agreement. But they won’t act if they don’t hear from us.

Corporations are spending millions of dollars on lobbyists and lawyers to make sure that their concerns about the merger are addressed. Will you take two minutes to sign the petition to make sure that the workers’ concerns aren’t forgotten?

http://action.cwa-union.org/c/312/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5608 

Let’s make sure that the FCC gets the message – we must all work together to support good jobs and strong communities.

The holidays are here. But rather than coming together in the collaborative spirit of the season, the state legislature is using their lame duck session to attack working people.

Right to Work for Less legislation is likely to move through the legislature after Thanksgiving, and lawmakers are hoping that working families will be too distracted by the season to notice.

Your state legislators need to hear from you. Click here to send an email. 

Each person that benefits directly from union representation should pay their fair share of the cost of that representation − plain and simple. There is ample economic evidence that so-called Right to Work states actually fare worse than states where workers have the freedom to form strong unions.

Send a message now, before the legislature returns to Lansing on November 27. Tell them that now is not the time for divisive politics, and that attacking the voice of workers on the job is wrong.

There is no time to lose. Speak up immediately and stay vigilant in case further action is needed.