National Grid in tentative pacts with 2 unions

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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – National Grid has announced a tentative four-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represents 576 of the company’s workers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, including Swansea, Dighton, Somerset, Westport and Fall River.
The agreement was reached Sunday, two days after the utility’s old contract with the IBEW had expired, but the parties have agreed to continue the old terms until a new agreement can be ratified.
Details of the new pact were withheld, pending ratification by the union’s membership. But the contract “includes wage and staffing increases,” according to Cheryl LaFleur, acting CEO of National Grid’s U.S. electricity distribution business.
“Our customers also will benefit from this agreement,” she said, “because it enables National Grid and our union employees to continue to provide reliable service and do so safely and efficiently.”
The company had reached a tentative agreement on Friday with the Utility Workers Union of America. The UWUA represents National Grid workers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, including Seekonk, Rehoboth, Attleboro and Norton, whose contract also was expiring.
National Grid, a division of the U.K.-based National Grid plc, distributes electricity and natural gas to nearly 4 million customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island. Additional information is available at www.nationalgridus.com.

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