Power Company’s Lockout Risks New York City Blackout

Con Edison workers on a New York City picket line. The company dispatched 5,000 managers to scab on union members jobs. Photo: Diane Krauthamer.

Picket lines around New York City were dotted with umbrellas as utility workers sought shade from 97-degree temperatures as they marched, chanted, and cheered into their third week of a lockout.

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Con Edison, the company that provides electricity for the city, locked workers out July 1 in an attempt to force Utility Workers Local 1-2 to convert the pension plan to a 401k that members say will pay out less when they retire.

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