Pepco Workers OK New 4-Year Deal
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)IBEW 1900 membership overwhelmingly ratified a new 4-year deal with Pepco last
Thursday. In addition to a 10.1% wage increase over the life of the contract,
“Our health and welfare plans are protected along with our pension and 401(k)
plans (and) increases in our out-of-pocket medical costs were limited,”
reports Local 1900 president Jim Griffin, noting that “Some categories will
not increase at all.” Griffin said that the membership’s 5-1 rejection of
Pepco's offer in September “was the difference in reaching an agreement. It
took us five months to get to a ‘Last, Best and Final’ but less than a week
to get an agreement. Pepco listened to the membership.” Griffin also credited
a “top-notch” negotiating committee with “over 200 years of Pepco
experience among the 7-member committee. They sacrificed a lot for the nearly
6-month ordeal reaching an agreement with Pepco. I really appreciate their
knowledge, experience and hard work.”