IBEW Local 3 Union Members Are Still On Strike

  NEW YORK CITY, NY - 06/21/2017 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

Union members from IBEW local 3 are on strike for the past 3 months and still going. Members getting support from various local politicians Senator Leroy Comrie, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Councilman Daneek Miller, Councilman Rory Lancman, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio hoping to come to a fair contract with Spectrum. Here are some articles from several newspapers covering this strike.

The Daily News, “Striking union workers flooded a busy Manhattan Street Wednesday to hold a raucous rally outside the headquarters of Spectrum-Time Warner Cable. Whistles, horns and chants filled E. 23rd St. in Gramercy for several hours as worker expressed their unhappiness with ongoing contract talks. Spectrum-Time Warner Cable and the union that represents its field technicians — International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 — have been trying to reach a deal since the strike began March 28. IBEW Local 3 said it walked out of talks over issues with employer contributions to the workers’ health care, pensions, and other benefits”. By Ginger Adams Otis. On May 13 another article on the Daily News Matt Damon took a photo with a Local 3 Union member photo by The Daily News

Local 3 member Jesus De La Cruz poses with actor Matt Damon, who came to show solidarity. (IBEW LOCAL 3)

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  Frustrated Charter/Spectrum Employees Feel Threatened by a Contractor’s Comments By John Alexander

The strike goes on for the Charter/Spectrum employees who continue to march outside the Time-Warner building in Brooklyn. Since March 28, the employees, represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 3, have been trying to negotiate a new contract. Charter Communications bought Time Warner Cable (TWC) for $55 billion in May 2015 and renamed it Spectrum.

The Queens Tribune BY COUNCILMAN RORY LANCMAN “Last week, I joined IBEW Local 3 on the picket line here in Queens to stand in solidarity with workers demanding a fair contract from Charter Communications and their subsidiary, Spectrum-Time Warner Cable. After working without a contract since 2013, Local 3, which is headquartered in my council district, decided at the end of March that enough is enough and went on strike”.

The members have been on social media and walking the strike lines in order to come to a resolution. For more information please go to their blog www.NYCabletruth.blogspot.com