Hurricane Sandy

[joeobx]

Just got home from working hurricane restoration and getting just about everyone in our service area back on. The company has released all of our off system contractors and a good portion of our on system contractors plus a large contingent of our own linemen to head to NJ and NY. So to our brothers and sisters up north, more help is on the way. I know there will be a lot of frustration from being without power for this long, just remember when you see these guys out there, they have been working 14 to 16 hour days with 8 to 10 hours off for 4 days already.

[Dave128]

Originally Posted by joeobx

Just got home from working hurricane restoration and getting just about everyone in our service area back on. The company has released all of our off system contractors and a good portion of our on system contractors plus a large contingent of our own linemen to head to NJ and NY. So to our brothers and sisters up north, more help is on the way. I know there will be a lot of frustration from being without power for this long, just remember when you see these guys out there, they have been working 14 to 16 hour days with 8 to 10 hours off for 4 days already.

Those areas nead all the help they can get.

Not sure if true or not, but - I heard on the radio this morning that a group of workers from Alabama (I think) made their way to either NYC or NJ and got turned away because they were all non-union employees. I really do hope that this wasn't a true story.

[joeobx]

Originally Posted by Dave128

Those areas nead all the help they can get.

Not sure if true or not, but - I heard on the radio this morning that a group of workers from Alabama (I think) made their way to either NYC or NJ and got turned away because they were all non-union employees. I really do hope that this wasn't a true story.

I doubt it's true, just about all of our contractors are non-union.

[Dave128]

Originally Posted by joeobx

I doubt it's true, just about all of our contractors are non-union.

That's good to hear.

[Thrak]

Originally Posted by joeobx

I doubt it's true, just about all of our contractors are non-union.

Its true... turned away in NJ due to being non-union.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hurr...rical-workers/

http://www.chron.com/news/article/No...ed-4003388.php

Baffling...

To clarify, this was released not too long ago.

http://money.msn.com/politics/post.a...e-daf819b06d38

Basically it sounds like they were trying to force them to join the union, before they would let them work, but before any of that was done the job was completed... strange really that they would ask them to join the union. *shrug*

[jjirons69]

Originally Posted by Thrak

Its true... turned away in NJ due to being non-union.

Sweet Lord, life is a constant series of surprises...

One of the best quotes that I agree with from one of those links - "This story should be a headline on every News Outlet."

[joeobx]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

Sweet Lord, life is a constant series of surprises...

One of the best quotes that I agree with from one of those links - "This story should be a headline on every News Outlet."

NO. This is the best qoute from the MSN artical.

"The lesson here, however, is the same one that parents everywhere teach their children: Don't believe everything you read."

The ALA. crew got some bad info.

[jjirons69]

But the Internet said it - it's got to be true.

Thanks, Joe!

[SvilleKid]

Originally Posted by joeobx

NO. This is the best qoute from the MSN artical.

"The lesson here, however, is the same one that parents everywhere teach their children: Don't believe everything you read."

The ALA. crew got some bad info.

Yeah, that must be it. The Non-union crew from the rural co-op got a different story than the union crews from AlaPowCo. Being uneducated, non-union rednecks from Bama, and probably can't even read, I'm sure they just misunderstood the intentions of the union reps!

Interesting enough, the local news station that broke the story reports they are satisfied with the information they gathered from several sources, and stand behind the story. But, we all know MSNBC is the Bastille of creditable reporting, so I'd hang my hat on their word any day. I'm sure the crew from Bama drove all the way up to Virginia BEFORE the storm, spent their time and money, took their chances riding out the storm, just to make up a story to make an over zealous union rep look bad. Sorry, I don't buy the IBEW rep's explanation. My wife and I actually passed the AlaPowCo and the Co-op trucks Saturday before the storm on I-95, headed north on the outskirts of DC, so I know personally they were very near where they said they were, when they said they were.