The question of social responsibility raised at the General Assembly of T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom’s American subsidiary

The social responsibility issue is becoming key at T-Mobile USA.  The company’s last general meeting showed that T-Mobile’s major investors agreed with the American unions, backing their efforts to organize the company’s employees.  This evolution happens after the federal authorities gathered the national antiunion charges filed against T-Mobile.  Therefore, the company is forced to negotiate with its workers - current or former - who were unfairly punished.
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Social pressure increased over T-Mobile at the annual general meeting of Deutsche Telekom’s American subsidiary. Whereas the Communication Workers of America (CWA) have launched another campaign comparing T-Mobile to Walmart, targeted by the American social movement because of the low wages it pays its workers and of its labor law violations. Also, Sum of US, amovement of consumers, investors, and workers, has launched a petition that gathered 30,000 signatures, entitled, “T-Mobile: Stop trea

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