Duquesne Light
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Duquesne Light was one of the dozens of companies founded by inventor George Westinghouse and for its first 75 years of operation (1870s-1940s) was a subsidiary of the holding company known as the "Philadelphia Company".
In May 2007, Duquesne was acquired by a consortium led by affiliates of the Macquarie Group Limited. The consortium consists of several institutional investors which own all of the common equity of our parent company, DQE Holdings, LLC.
Duquesne Light contract expires September 30, 2013.
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Two Duquesne Light CSR’s Returned To Work
Two Duquesne Light CSR’s Returned To Work On May 15th the Union was prepared and scheduled to have an arbitration for a CSR that was terminated 18 months prior, but at the end of the day on May 14th the...
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Local 29 loses a Rising Star
On May 6, 2019, IBEW local 29 lost one of its brightest young stars when 25-year-old Justin Gerasimek passed away. Justin was working as a lineman at the Racoon service center and by all accounts was one of the hardest...
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Arbitrator Finds Overtime Offered Is Unreasonable
On April 15, 2019, the Union received the arbitration ruling on the "Reasonable Overtime" case that will affect many members working at Duquesne Light Co. The arbitration hearing was held on December 4, 2018,...
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Steve Malnight Named President and CEO of Duquesne Light Company
IBEW 29 welcomes Steve to the Pittsburgh area and Duquesne Light Company and we look forward to working with him to make this a great company to work for. The Board of Directors of DQE Holdings, LLC (DQE) has...
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IBEW 29 and DLC Early Negotiations Update
After three and a half days of early negotiations with Duquesne Light Company, the Union and the Company both agreed that it was unlikely that a deal could be struck so, on Thursday, February 2Pt negotiations were ended...
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Early Contract Negotiations
IBEW Local 29 and Duquesne Light Co. have agreed to hold early negotiations in an attempt to renew the current contract, which will expire on October 1, 2019. The negotiations will only last for 5 days starting February...
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IBEW 29 Wins Arbitration
On July 19, 2018, an arbitration hearing was held for a grievance that was filed against Duquesne Light Company for implementing changes to the Leaves Of Absence policy and more specifically the FMLA portion of that...
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Mutual Assistance Agreement Has Passed
The T&D overhead department voted to accept a new MOU on out of town trips that will more evenly distribute the opportunity to go out of town to help those communities that are hit hard by storms. The MOU...
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DLC Files For Rate Case Increase
Duquesne Light Company has filed for a rate increase with the PUC and IBEW 29 is in support of them getting the increase they are asking for but we have signed on as an intervenor in the case. By intervening we are able...
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DOT drug testing change
Beginning January 1, 2018, in addition to the existing DOT drug testing panel (that includes marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP), and opiates), DOT covered employees will also be tested for four semi-...