National Grid negotiates pacts with two unions

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 two days after the utility’s old contract with the IBEW had expired, but the parties agreed to continue the old terms until a new agreement can be ratified.
Details of the pact were withheld, pending ratification by union members.
The company had reached a tentative agreement May 11 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.

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