{"id":2016,"date":"2026-07-04T04:40:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2026-07-04T04:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:40:59","slug":"with-no-deal-in-place-peco-workers-are-on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2016","title":{"rendered":"With no deal in place, Peco workers are on strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Linemen, call center workers, and other Peco employees are on strike. The roughly 1,500 unionized workers, part of IBEW local 614, officially walked off the job just after midnight, becoming the first employees to strike in Peco\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2014\">Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce say \u2018I do\u2019 in elaborate Madison Square Garden ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The work stoppage marks an escalation in what have been challenging negotiations between IBEW Local 614 and Peco. The union\u2019s contract expired March 31, and both sides have accused the other of using unfair tactics.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt 12:01, we will be on strike,\u201d said Larry Anastasi, president of IBEW Local 614, at a Friday night news conference. \u201cAnd the only thing to get us back working is for them to give the people that risk their lives so that everyone can have comfort a real contract with benefits and wages.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Peco has a contingency plan in place, and customers shouldn\u2019t expect delays or interruptions in service, Nicole LeVine, the company\u2019s chief operating officer has said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to engaging in good-faith negotiations to reach an agreement that is fair to our employees, while supporting the long-term needs of our customers and the communities we serve,\u201d Peco said in a statement ahead of the strike announcement. \u201cWe encourage continued dialogue and hope the union will work with us to reach a mutually beneficial agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In addition to raises and better healthcare benefits, the union wants its contract to include a uniform retirement plan for all members. Some 600 workers who were hired in recent years haven\u2019t had a pension, while other groups have pension plans with varying terms.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Peco said on July 1, ahead of a series of bargaining days, that it had offered a nearly 20% wage increase over five years, as well as improvements to retirement and medical benefits. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In Southeastern Pennsylvania, Peco provides electricity to 1.7 million customers and natural gas to 553,000.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>IBEW Local 614 said in a press release Friday that the union local representing Peco contractors and a half dozen locals representing workers for other regional utilities had directed their members not to cross the picket line. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Anastasi announced the strike just before midnight outside the Hilton Hotel at Penn\u2019s Landing, where negotiations had been taking place earlier in the day. With a large group of union members behind him, Anastasi was asked by a reporter whether workers were supportive of the strike.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHey, boys, they want to know if you\u2019re ready to strike,\u201d the union president said, letting the group answer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2012\">Impromptu pageantry replaced Philly\u2019s official parade as extreme heat mars the nation\u2019s 250th<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYeah!\u201d they responded in uproarious unison.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe wish we had better news,\u201d said Stuart Davidson, the union\u2019s attorney.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>What a strike means for Peco and its employees<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Peco has said it has a contingency plan in place, which includes some workers who are familiar with the company\u2019s specific system and others coming in from outside the region. The company has said customers should not expect delays or interruptions in service. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But utility companies sometimes encounter challenges when they bring in temporary staff from outside the region, says William Dwyer, associate teaching professor at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>If they don\u2019t know the area well, it takes them longer to get around, noted Dwyer, who previously worked in labor and employment relations at PSE&amp;G in New Jersey. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Temporary workers \u201cmay not be familiar with Peco\u2019s particular distribution network, the way that the system is designed, so there could be delays in operating based on safety concerns around that,\u201d Dwyer said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of efficiency that\u2019s lost when you\u2019re not dealing with your regular workforce doing the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But if Peco\u2019s contingency plan works efficiently, he says \u201cthat takes away a lot of the union\u2019s leverage at the table.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey might end up accepting what they walked away from on the day of the strike,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Wages and benefits have become sticking points in the negotiations between Peco and IBEW local 614, including retirement benefits. The union wants all workers to receive a pension when they retire, all under the same terms. Currently, roughly 600 of the 1,500 union workers don\u2019t have pensions, the union has said, and pension benefits are varied for the other 900 or so. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Utility companies started moving away from providing pensions to new hires in the 1990s, Dwyer said, leaving 401(k) as the typical retirement benefit. At Peco that happened later \u2014 the company stopped putting new hires into its pension plan in 2021, according to the union. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Peco and IBEW Local 614 now find themselves in a \u201chigh stakes,\u201d situation, says Dwyer.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>There are downsides to a strike on both sides, he says. There\u2019s the possible \u201closs of efficiency\u201d at the company, and the \u201cafter effects of a strike or a lockout could take decades to get over in terms of damage to morale and the spirit of the workforce.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2010\">The Roots and Philadelphia Boys Choir will perform at FIFA World Cup July 4th celebration<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of IBEW local 614 walked off the job just after midnight. 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