I thought NYC was a union town…

Adam Baumel
Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read
IBEW Local 3 members on strike since March 28, 2017

I am not a union member, and I do not recall anyone in my family that held union cards when I was growing up. But you don’t need to belong to a union to benefit from the work unions have done to create the modern working conditions we’re all accustomed to. Unions fought — quite literally — for safer working conditions, for the eight-hour day, for weekends, for a living wage.

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