As I reported in Civil Wars in U.S. Labor (Haymarket Books, 2011), NYNEX strikers countered this attack by carefully framing the main strike issue in a way that resonated far beyond their own ranks. Their buttons, banners, press releases, and leaflets all made it clear that the solution to medical cost inflation was "Health Care for All, Not Health Cuts at NYNEX!" Backed by allies like Jesse Jackson and Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), the NYNEX strike became a popular focal point for ongoing public agitation and membership education about the need for Canadian-style national health insurance. This community-labor coalition building, plus the enormous sacrifices of the strikers themselves, paid off in the end. When the strike was over, telephone workers in the northeast still made no premium contributions for comprehensive individual or family coverage. The same is true today, at a time when almost all other workers are paying an even bigger share of the cost of their job-based benefits, if they have any.