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Advocates of workers’ rights, including Jobs with Justice and American Rights at Work, are urging mobile phone users to support Cingular and pledge not to support Verizon.

The reason is simple. Cingular supports its workers’ right to join unions by honoring neutrality and card check agreements with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). CWA currently represents about 17,000 Cingular employees.

Verizon, on the other hand, has resisted efforts by its employees to organize with CWA and has refused to honor its neutrality agreement with the union. Workers seeking to unionize have been laid off, harassed, and subjected to “captive audience” meetings. According to American Rights at Work, the company has also closed a call center where union interest was strong.

If you are a wireless user you can exercise your consumer power by “raising the bar” for workers with Cingular rather than “hanging up” on workers’ rights with Verizon. American Rights at Work has online petitions you can send to both companies at www.araw.org.
You can also send Verizon a message by going to the Jobs with Justice website at www.jwj.org.
Take action now, support Cingular, and dial with a smile, knowing your dollars are going to a company that respects workers’ rights.

Expiration Date:
Wed, 11/08/2006 - 5:00pm