Dominion subsidiaries end union lockout in six states
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An agreement was reached to end a weeklong lockout at Dominion’s natural gas and interstate transmission subsidiaries.
Dominion Hope and Dominion Transmission agreed to end the lockout involving 915 workers in six states, including five in Greene County and three in Washington County.
The United Gas Workers Union Local 69, meanwhile, vowed not to strike.
The agreement, announced in a joint news release Wednesday, will run through April 1, 2017.
The statement said union members are scheduled to report for their regular shifts on Saturday. Bargaining on a new contract is set to resume early next month.
The lockout began Sept. 7 for workers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New York and Virginia. A union official had said a union committee rejected an earlier contract agreement, in part over medical insurance and pension proposals for new hires.