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Bright Power Fires Workers for Organizing
Solar is one of the fastest-growing electrical industries in the country. As the effects of climate change become clear, consumers have made the decision to add solar panels to their homes. Cities...
Fired for Unionizing at Solar Facility
The 2020 election is almost here and Mike Bloomberg is spending $100M on Anti-Trump ads. We have exclusive information from the Hard Rock Hotel Collapse and we ask why the Mayor is so dead set on...
The Rising Tide Lifting Women into Leadership
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center. Sally McKleinfeld has been helping female friends with their résumés for years. Now she’s developed a program to help even more women within...
UCOMM Live: Trump to Ban Union Pickets / IBEW Union gets Mayor & Gov to Boycott NY1
Power is being restored in Florida as tens of thousands of IBEW union professionals responded just hours after Hurricane Michael. NY1 in NYC might have a problem getting guests after Governor Cuomo...
City & State: Erikson's a Winner!
This week UCOMM wrote about how New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joined together to support Local 3 IBEW’s strike at Spectrum. With the announcement that...
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...
NYC Mayor Cancels NY1 Segment over Spectrum Strike
For the last 19 months, Local 3 IBEW members at Spectrum have been on strike. As readers of UCOMM Blog know, in that time Local 3 has held rallies, elected officials have pressured the company, and...
Rebuilding a Notorious Bridge in New York
The Hudson River crossing between Nyack and Tarrytown, N.Y., is a terrible place to build a bridge. The river is three miles across, one of the widest spots on the entire river, where, in places, the...
How Trump Directly Hurt Local 3 IBEW NYC
Readers of UCOMM Blog have seen the recent attacks on organized labor from Trump. While 42% of union members voted for him, he has repeatedly attacked unions through his executive orders, policies,...
NY City Council May Pull Spectrum Agreement Over Strike
Union workers at Spectrum Communications in New York City have been on strike for the past 16 months fighting for better wages, benefits and the protection of their retirement plans. With the company...