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Governor Cuomo Calls for a Total Boycott of NY1
If you live in the Empire State and you even loosely follow politics, you know that Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio don't get along. The union workforce at...
Unions are not Special Interests
Amanda Bertram, vice president of public affairs for the Empire State chapter of the Associated Builders & Contractors, plays fast and loose with the facts in her letter "Take a closer look...
Our Nation Needs More Thomas Van Arsdale's
The IBEW regrets to announce the death of former International Treasurer Thomas P. Van Arsdale, one of the giants of the Brotherhood from a family of icons. He was 94. “Tom was a legend,...
Troy Walcott: "Taking More and More Until We Have Nothing"
On Saturday, Local 3 IBEW member Troy Walcott spoke at the Working People’s Day of Action rally in New York City. Troy has been on strike at Spectrum for nearly a year. Below were his remarks...
"Keep fighting the good fight, hit the GoFundMe page, let's keep this going..."
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Listen: LaGrange on America's Workforce Radio "He's a Fighter"
While UCOMM Blog may have been closed for Christmas, Kris LaGrange spent December 26th talking to one of our favorite labor radio hosts, Ed “Flash” Ferenc, on America’s Workforce...
Santa's All Year Round
The union movement teaches us that we are all brothers and sisters, regardless of trade or job status. Union members know that thanks to their bargaining power they are often better off than non-...
“They Rejected our Offer to End the Strike”
Since March 1,800 telecom professionals at Spectrum have been out on Strike fighting for a fair contract and their very survival. While the Local 3 bargaining team and union leadership continue to...
Striking Spectrum Workers Losing Their Homes
When Tanisha Smythe started at Time Warner Cable in New York a decade ago she was living in a shelter with her newborn son. Seven months after Smythe and nearly 1,800 other members of New York Local...
Local 3 Brings Strike to Airwaves
The 1,700 members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 at Spectrum have been on strike for the last six months. With Spectrum receiving renewed scrutiny over their...