29 News Archive
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Comments of the IBEW, Local 29 in Support of the Proposed Resiliency Rule
October 17, 2017Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionSecretary of the Commission 888 First Street, NEWashington, DC 20426 Re: Grid Resiliency Pricing RuleFERC Docket No. RM18-1-000 COMMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL...
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Terminated Worker Returned to Work With Back Pay
A Duquesne Light employee that was terminated in June of 2016 was reinstated with 6 months of back pay. This case was scheduled for arbitration on October 19th, by settling the case we did not get all the back pay that...
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Duquesne Light Substations and Shops Executive Board Vacancy
To: All Duquesne Light - IBEW Local 29 Sub Stations and Shops Members Re: Substations and Shops Executive Board Vacancy Individuals that wish to be considered to fill the vacancy of the Executive Board...
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IBEW RENEW/NextGen Conference Held In Pittsburgh
The conference held in Pittsburgh gave us the perfect opportunity to send 12 of our young workers from the different employers and different departments to attend the Conference which hosted over 500 young workers from...
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Cap lifted on worker’s compensation partial disability benefits
All Pennsylvania State Local Unions: Elections have consequences. This was never more evident than in the recent Protz v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board decision handed down from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. With...
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$2,000 Raised for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)
I want to thank everyone that was involved in raising the $2,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), Bill Webb helped get it going by getting the tickets setup at the printers and getting them out for people...
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DOE Calls for FERC Action
On Thursday, September 28, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) outlining a path to help avoid the premature closure of additional...
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NRG/GenOn bankruptcy
Here’s what we know right now. GenOn is currently going through the chapter 11 bankruptcy process in the Texas southern district court system. The chapter 11 bankruptcy process is scheduled to be complete by...
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Winner of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Raffle to Rappel
Winner of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Raffle to Rappel was Gerald Paul of Duquesne Light with winning number 969. His niece will rappel at 12 noon, congratulations Gerald!
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Part 2 of Meet Your New Business Manager Kenn Bradley
Message From Business Manager, Kenn Bradley At the end of part one we had just signed the contract that included successor clause language. In April of 2000, when Orion Power bought Cheswick, Elrama, Phillips and...