http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-...rageMixRelatedEleven days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, hundreds of thousands of utility customers in New York and New Jersey are still without power - and they want answers.
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"I'm very frustrated. We have no electricity. I haven't seen one LIPA truck, no help from everyone. I can't believe this is America. This is the richest country in the world and we help everybody. Where is everybody to help us?"
http://www.thepiratescove.us/2012/11...andy-recovery/Crews from Huntsville, as well as Decatur Utilities and Joe Wheeler out of Trinity headed up there this week, but Derrick Moore, one of the Decatur workers, said they were told by crews in New Jersey that they can’t do any work there since they’re not union employees.
The crews that are in Roanoke, Virginia say they are just watching and waiting even though they originally received a call asking for help from Seaside Heightsm New Jersey
In a two-page Oct. 29 contract, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) local 1049 demanded union dues, pay hikes and benefit contributions from Florida electric utilities before its workers would be permitted to help reconnect power to Long Island communities. The demand came as Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on the Northeastern United States, stranding tens of millions without electricity.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hurr...rical-workers/
With millions still struggling to get power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, non-union work crews from Alabama have been turned away by New Jersey. The reason? Their non-union status.
“We’ve gone through this with hurricanes in Florida. We don’t turn people away because they’re unionized or not. This is such crap. Let’s get people connected again, and then you union guys can go back to playing this silly game. And that’s what it is — a goddamned game.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/02/ala-utility-florida-crewman-blame-electrical-union-for-interfering-with-hurricane-sandy-relief-video/#ixzz2Bko8rcWm
Many parts of coastal New Jersey are projected to be without electric power for at least seven to 10 more days.
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