Lockout Over: Dominion Hope and Dominion Transmission, Employees Reach Deal
PINE GROVE, WV — More than 900 workers at Dominion Hope and Dominion Transmission will be back to work this weekend after a week-long lockout ended Wednesday, but negotiations on a long-term contract are far from over.
The agreement announced Wednesday by Dominion and United Gas Workers Union Local 69 extends until April 1. Dominion spokesman Frank Mack said union members are scheduled to return to work with their regular shifts starting at 6 a.m. Saturday.
Dominion will provide back pay for all wages lost due to the lockout, and workers’ health benefits will continue, according to the union.
The lockout, which began Sept. 7, impacted workers in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and Virginia, including those at Dominion’s Hastings and Galmish plants in Wetzel County and its Ben’s Run plant in Tyler County.
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