| PECO Units Organized
November 2004 IBEW Journal
A historic organizing victory took place at Exelon/PECO in
June 2003 when a unit of nearly 300 fossil fuel generation
workers at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, utility voted for
IBEW representation. (See "IBEW
Wins Historic PECO Election," IBEW Journal, July/August
2003, page 2.)
A second major win for Exelon/PECO employees was secured
earlier this year.
Approximately 1,100 workers employed in PECOs energy transmission
and distribution unit voted overwhelmingly in July 2004 for
IBEW representationjoining their counterparts at Exelon Fossil
as members of newly formed IBEW Local
614, based in the Philadelphia area. (For a report on
the 2004 victory, read "IBEW
Wins Big at PECO Again!")
Exelon Utility Coordination Council chairman is Nick Citta,
Local
15 senior assistant business manger. Representatives of
the following IBEW local unions comprise the council: Local
15, Downers Grove, Illinois; Local
777, Reading, Pennsylvania; Local
1289, Lakewood, New Jersey; Local
51, Springfield, Illinois; Local
1306, Decatur, Illinois; and Local
614.
Contract negotiations with PECO are currently in progress.
IBEW efforts are underway to organize workers in the companys
nuclear generation section and customer call center, said
Third District International Representative Paul J. Simon.
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