When United Steelworkers Miners Local 5114 ratified a contract agreement Jan. 6 with the Hecla Mining Company, ending a 1,029-day strike at the Lucky Friday mine in Idaho, it left International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 with a distinction it would prefer not to have: its walkout by 1,800 electricians at Charter/Spectrum is now the longest ongoing strike in America.
The latter walkout began March 28, 2017, 15 days after the Lucky Friday job action began, meaning that on Jan. 22 the Local 3 strike will have lasted longer, with no end in sight.
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