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Spectrum. The Spectrum Strike was a workers' strike involving 1,200 Spectrum workers in New York City. [1] [2] The strike began on March 23, 2017, [3] when 1,800 Spectrum workers walked off the job in protest of a plan by the company to replace its union healthcare plan and union pension with a company-run healthcare plan and pension plan. [1]
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ( IBEW) is a labor union that represents approximately 820,000 workers and retirees [1] in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, [3] Guam, [4] [5] Panama, [6] Puerto Rico, [7] and the US Virgin Islands; [7] in particular electricians, or inside wiremen, in the construction ...
At the age of 28 he rose to the leadership of Union Local 3 of the IBEW, a labor union for electricians. He eventually served as a leader of the Building Trades Council in New York City, and was the first President of the New York City Central Labor Council (NYCCLC) AFL-CIO in New York City. He held this post from its formation in 1958 until ...
Olsen, born in Brooklyn, New York, was the son of an IBEW Local 3 electrician. His mother was a school teacher. He grew up in Bay Ridge and graduated from Ridgefield Park High School, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey in 1962. Olsen initially wanted to be a baseball player but realised from local little league how tough the standard was.
Thomas Van Arsdale (February 16, 1924 – May 20, 2018) was the former head of the New York City Central Labor Council. He succeeded his father, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., in the post by defeating Victor Gotbaum, [1] who was then the executive director of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees .
Elizabeth H. Shuler (born 1970) is an American labor activist and, since August 5, 2021, President of the AFL–CIO. She is the first woman to be elected president of the federation. [1] [2] She was previously the first woman and (as of 2009) the youngest person to hold the position of Secretary-Treasurer. [1] [3] [4] She is the highest-ranking ...
Mark Jacobovitch, IBEW, local union 3 Mark Kaufman, Film/Theatre Executive Mark Lieber, CEO Infinity Festival Hollywood ... Naomi Aaronson, New York State Nash DoubleMint Dean Natalie Marciano ...
Indiana University of Pennsylvania. National Labor College. Edwin D. "Ed" Hill (August 11, 1937 - December 1, 2018) was an electrical worker, labor union activist and labor leader in the United States. He was the president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), AFL-CIO from 2001 until his retirement in 2015.