Connecticut Line Workers Win Significant Arbitration Against PSNH

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High Voltage Line Workers (Luca Florio FLIKR CC 4.0)

http://nhlabornews.com/2016/03/connecticut-line-workers-win-significant-arbitration-against-psnh/

Workers win arbitration case after being suspended for refusing to do work that put their health and safety at risk.
Some people claim that “unions are no longer necessary” because they have already done their job. Thanks to unions we have workplace protections and occupational safety requirements. Just because these laws are in place does not mean that employers actually abide by them.

During the week of Thanksgiving in 2014, most of New England was buried in snow and ice from a barrage of winter storms. One storm knocked out power for most of the southern part of New Hampshire.

Tens of thousands of Granite Staters spent the Thanksgiving holiday in their homes with no heat, hot water or electricity.

To help restore power as quickly as possible Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH) sent out the call to line workers across the region. Workers from Connecticut Power and Light (IBEW Local 420) answered that call. Giving up on their own holiday plans they drove through the remnants of the storm to help restore power to the people of New Hampshire.

FULL story at link.

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