3:18 PM EDT Friday
National Grid may supply workers if strike hits N.Y. affiliate
Alexander Soule
For The Business Review
Westborough, Mass.-based National Grid USA may send up to 100 nonunion workers to upstate New York to fill the breach if a union votes to walk out on strike at Niagara Mohawk, an affiliate company of National Grid.
National Grid has approximately 3,000 employees at two subsidiaries in the commonwealth. Massachusetts Electric Co. provides power to 1.2 million customers in 168 towns, and Nantucket Electric provides service to 10,000 customers.
A National Grid spokeswoman said the majority of the affected workers are employed at Massachusetts Electric. She added that should a strike occur, Massachusetts Electric will likely use contract workers to maintain its own services.
Hundreds of Niagara Mohawk workers may walk Sunday after a contract offer from management was rejected by leaders from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 97.
The current contract, which expires midnight Saturday, covers clerical workers, maintenance technicians, customer service representatives and gas and line mechanics.
National Grid Group PLC, the parent company for Niagara and National Grid, may also supply workers in the event of a strike.
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