- Consolidated Edison is calling on legal support from a judge in New York State Supreme Court – a county-level court in New York – to keep protestors from the Utility Workers Union of America from gathering in front of its properties.
- Con Ed alleges that protestors have committed violent and criminal offenses in addition to blocking company entrances and gates.
- Among the evidence being cited is a video that allegedly showing union members as barricading the exit of utility vehicles at Con Ed's Rye, N.Y., location.
From the article:
Con Edison is asking the state Supreme Court to order the Utility Workers Union of America to stop protesting in front of its properties.
In a request for judicial intervention filed on Tuesday in White Plains, the utility accuses the union, its officers and members violence, criminal nuisance, menacing, criminal tampering and other unlawful acts. ...