The strike at Spectrum in New York City has now entered its second month as members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 fight for a fair contract. In an effort to break the strike, the company has engaged in a number of strike breaking activities including hiring some very unsavory scabs.

Some of the strike breaking tactics that the company have used include spending thousands of dollars to send home personal effects from the striking employees that were left in trucks and lockers, and bringing in scab labor from out of state. Like in other strikes, this scab labor is underqualified (if qualified at all) and are often screw ups who can’t get real jobs. Like the rats they are, they are drawn to the promise of big paychecks to break the strike. Many are drug addicts, alcoholics, and deadbeat dads, men you would never want in your neighborhood or on your jobsite.