By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY – A group of striking Charter/Spectrum workers holding the
picket line for nearly a year-and-a-half have introduced a new business
plan to break the corporation’s stranglehold on cable-TV service in New
York City and replace it with a new worker cooperative that benefits
everyone.
It took the group of about 50 strikers just three months to assemble
the comprehensive business plan, which they maintain could be enacted
with limited disruption to New York City cable-TV subscribers.
“The best time is now,” striking IBEW Local 3 member Troy Walcott,
39, told LaborPress this week. “If [the city] were to deny
[Charter/Spectrum’s] Franchise Agreement now, for the stuff they’re
doing in the city, [Charter/Spectrum] would still have two years that
they have to service the city; during which time we could be building
out our network to make the transition as seamless as possible and have
as little disruption as possible.”
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Source: Labor Press
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