The failure of U.S.
labor law to protect America’s
workers from pervasive unionbusting is well-documented. Yet little attention
has been paid to the practice of foreign companies operating in cooperation
with their employees in their home countries, where labor laws are stronger,
while failing to respect the rights of their workers in the United States. The same company,
under two different systems of law, results in two very different situations
for workers.
In a
new 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 (DT). The report, "Lowering the Bar or Setting the Standard? Deutsche Telekom’s U.S. Labor Practices," presents overwhelming evidence that DT is guilty of
operating by a double standard: The company respects workers’ rights in Germany, where it cooperates closely with
unions, but mistreats workers in the United States and interferes with
their right to organize.
American Rights at Work is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the freedom of workers to organize unions and bargain collectively with employers.
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Deutsche Telekom's U.S. Labor Practices
