About: Spectrum Strike

The Spectrum Strike was a workers' strike involving 1,200 Spectrum workers in New York City. The strike began on March 23, 2017, 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. Most of the workers, represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 continued to strike for more than five years, as Spectrum refused to negotiate with the union, has hired a large temporary scab workforce, and fought to decertify the union, making the strike one of the longest in the history of the United States. Many of the striking workers, economically hurt by long work stoppage, have taken to creating a workers cooperative internet serv