By Staff
Central Maine Power Co., Maine’s largest electric utility, has finalized a contract with members of one of its largest workers unions.
Members of IBEW Local No. 1837, which represents over 650 CMP employees, ratified a four-year contract Wednesday, the company’s parent, Avangrid Inc. (NYSE: AGR) said in a news release.
The contract is retroactive to May 1 and includes changes to wages, incentives and policies for employees. Both the company and the union believe the agreement will help CMP attract and retain workers, according to the release.
Tony Sapienza, IBEW Local 1837 business manager, said in the release, “After months of negotiations, we were able to come to an agreement that the negotiating committee and the Union leadership could recommend to our members. Our members are proud of the important work they do serving CMP’s many thousands of customers and this agreement demonstrates that the company recognizes the value of our commitment to the
Just days after workers at two Portland employers voted to unionize, truck drivers and mechanics for Shaw’s Supermarkets in Maine have gone on strike.
About 80 members of Teamsters Local Union No. 340 in South Portland walked off the job early Monday at a Shaw’s distribution center in Wells and a maintenance shop in Scarborough.
The members work for Clifford W. Perham Inc., a trucking subsidiary of Shaw’s. The Teamsters have been without a contract there since last August, according to the union, which was seeking better pay, retirement contributions and health coverage.
But Shaw’s parent Albertsons Cos. Inc. (NYSE: ACI) hasn’t been at the bargaining table since February, when a labor negotiator for the corporation stopped working, the local’s business agent, Joe Piccone, told Mainebiz Monday.