News From: IBEW Local 3
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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...
A Tale of 3 Strikes
Workers around the world are being taken advantage of by companies that will stop at nothing to make a quick buck for their executives and shareholders. While employers are looking to cut corners and...
Why I'm Marching Across the Brooklyn Bridge
I've marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to make a statement a few times already. The first was back in 2005 when the President of TWU Local 100 willingly broke New York's immoral Taylor Law...
Interview: Erikson of IBEW Local 3 on Spectrum Strike
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} Chris Erikson is the elected Business Manager of the 28,000 members of IBEW Local 3 NYC. Erikson...
Why this GW March is Important
Imagine being on strike for over 150 days. Labor Day is fast approaching, that means school sneakers must be bought, backpacks and school supplies, etc. Instead of going to a family barbecue you have...
Calls on Cable to End Strike
Below is a letter that we received from IBEW Local 3 Business Manager Chris Erikson asking for local unions help in ending their prolonged strike. Find out what you can do to help. Dear...
Video: Spectrum Strike in NYC
Post pulled from NYS AFL-CIO: After nine years on the job, I joined my sisters and brothers of IBEW Local 3 in standing up and striking against Charter/Spectrum Cable over their continued...