From Crain's:Workers at the Ravenswood Power Plant in Long Island City—which can generate about 2,500 megawatts of power a day—say they’ll walk off their jobs if they don’t have a new contract by 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. Union officials say “zero progress” has been made in talks with owner TransCanada and that management has yet to present them with the proposed length of a contract.
A spokesman for TransCanada, which bought Ravenswood from National Grid in October for $3.1 billion, would not comment on specifics of the negotiations, but insisted the plant would continue to operate in the event of a work stoppage. “We do have a contingency plan in place,” he said, though he would not provide specifics of the plan. “As a result there will be no disruption in operation.”
Union officials argued Ravenswood would not be able to run for more than a day or two without their members. “The notion that TransCanada can keep the plant running…is just pure nonsense,” President Harry Farrell said in a statement.
The strike would occur at a time when the city is expected to go through one of its warmest spells of the year, boosting demand for electricity—and, potentially, the union’s bargaining power. Temperatures are forecast to approach 90 degrees on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, according to Jay Searles, a meteorologist at Pennsylvania State University.
A spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg did not respond to requests for comment on any action the city may be taking.
10 comments:
Lots of luck climbing up to the umpfteenth floor of your "luxury" condo without the benefit of elevator service in the event of a blackout!
Hey you Vallones...do you still support over development?
dude.. its a recession...
unions are destroying this country.
They should be happy to have a job
Start keeping your freezer full of ice. Black out season is coming.
Lotta sex this summer then!!!!
Power outages? I'm shocked!
Dump Bloomtard.
Power to the People!
Hey you Vallones...do you still support over development?
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The projects they are supporting are as tall as those smokestacks.
Funny, I bet no Vallones will be living in them ....
"A spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg did not respond to requests for comment on any action the city may be taking."
It figures, doesn't it?
Do I see, wait at minute, yup, just as I thought ....
there is a kayack tied up on shore!
Must the that new community center they promised all those Tower People so they dont have to dirty themselves with going to far into Queens.
Shouldn't we build ANOTHER power plant on Asthma Alley so all these new 'luxury' condos that have taken our land away from us can operate their $3,000 Viking stainless steel dishwashers this summer?
No, we should just all die so they have the city to themselves.
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