Union leaders from Germany and the United States have joined forces to work for labor organization at T-Mobile, the US subsidiary of German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom. The alliance has been formed between the Communications Workers of America and the German Union Verdi. Verdi will represent the US T-Mobile workers and the CWA at labor talks with DT in Germany. The CWA has accused T-Mobile of subjecting union supporters to illegal surveillance and intimidation. Union leadership has said that it is tired of the 'double standard' of good labor relations in Europe and resistance to education. They say the standard is not limited to DT, but that it will be addressed here first.
See "US, German unions join forces on T-Mobile USA", David Morgan, Reuters, November 17, 2009