Dive Summary:

• Employees of Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) will vote to approve a four-year contract submitted by CL&P’s parent company Northeast Utilities on October 3.
• According to a Northeast Utilities spokesperson, the contract would add 30 jobs and provide a pay increase, but the union is unlikely to approve the contract unless it is altered in the areas of staffing and medical coverage.
• Northeast Utilities says it currently employs the appropriate number of workers, but is willing to add the new jobs as a compromise; union leaders still argue that the new contract does little to alleviate any of the problems in CL&P’s workplace.

From the article:

Blackouts may be in store for some parts of Connecticut as workers in one of the state’s two largest utilities prepare to strike if its parent company, Northeast Utilities, refuses to budge on its proposed contract.

Employees of Connecticut Light & Power will vote on the proposed four-year contract on Oct. 3. Northeast Utilities spokeswoman Tricia Taskey Modifica said the deal would add 30 new jobs and provide a 2.75 percent pay increase during the first three years and then a 2.5 percent pay increase in the contract’s final year. ...