The developer of a 112-unit condo project in Woburn is seeking permission to install temporary and permanent propane tanks while National Grid clears backlogs from its six-month labor dispute.
What’s dozens of layers tall and will take many months to complete? It’s Boston’s newest skyscraper…
The National Grid labor dispute is drawing to a close, but the effects on real estate development in 85 Greater Boston communities are expected to linger throughout the year as projects that already have been delayed for months wait for hookups.
National Grid gas workers who have been locked out since June are set to be back on the job later this month after their unions on Monday ratified a new agreement, and the company expects to resume non-emergency gas work next month.
National Grid and union representatives have reached a tentative agreement after a bitter contract dispute left about 1,200 employees locked out for months in Massachusetts.
Unions representing 1,250 locked out gas worked have tentatively scheduled their next contract talks with National Grid for Wednesday, the day before Gov. Charlie Baker’s deadline to act on locked out worker benefit legislation.
As National Grid and the unions it has locked out resume negotiations with a “shared intent” of reaching an agreement by Friday, Gov. Charlie Baker continues to review the bill passed by the state legislature on Monday to extend unemployment benefits for locked-out workers.
Massachusetts lawmakers approved legislation Monday that would extend state unemployment benefits to about 1,200 natural gas workers who have been locked out in a bitter contract dispute with National Grid since July.
Both branches of the state legislature have now approved bills that would provide unemployment benefits for the more than 1,200 National Grid gas workers who have been locked out of their jobs since June, but the bills differ in their approach.
State regulators on Wednesday lifted their moratorium on National Grid gas work, infuriating locked out gas workers, but ordered the utility to adhere to what officials called “an unprecedentedly high standard.”
As the state House of Representatives on Dec. 6 passed legislation authorizing wage benefits for locked out utility workers, House Speaker Robert DeLeo announced that the utility responsible for locking out its workers would be on the hook for any related costs under the bill.
Days after lawmakers threatened to intervene in the labor dispute between National Grid and the United Steelworkers, the company said Friday that a “constructive” bargaining session on Friday had led to a commitment to meet daily.
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would require National Grid to provide health insurance to locked-out gas workers and prohibit public funds from flowing to the company until the labor dispute ends.
National Grid says it wants to strike a deal to end its lockout of two unions representing gas workers by Christmas, but the utility is not ready to accept a union counter-proposal
