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FirstEnergy Says It May Take Days to Restore Power

2/6/2014

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And do you know why that is?  It's because FirstEnergy is a union buster.

While Potomac Edison spokesflack Toad Meyers makes intelligent excuses for the lengthy outages such as: "Trees will likely continue to fall until the ice gets off," the real reason is that there are nearly 150 skilled linemen, substation electricians and other union employees who have been locked out by FirstEnergy in an attempt to force them to accept a new contract.

News reports say the workers want to help, offering to work while negotiations continue, but the company has rejected their offer.

How much faster could service be restored if they had 150 extra workers on the job?


So, if your power is still off, it's because FirstEnergy doesn't value its workers any more than it values your comfort and safety.

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Pam
2/7/2014 03:00:25 am

In today's Journal there is an article regarding First Energy to have payment plans, budget billing options and other services available to customers to assist with high winter electric bills. Ron Green says, "If you're having difficulty making ends meet because of the cold weather, please contact us. We will TRY to work with you to find a solution." The key word here is TRY.

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Keryn
2/7/2014 03:36:19 am

What's Ron Green's phone number? I'm going to start giving it out...

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Pam
2/7/2014 05:40:25 am

The only number published in the article are the ones for customer service 1-800-686-0011 and 1-800-955-9445.

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