Union Workers Strike After They Say Electric Company’s Offer Falls Short

Nearly 400 Atlantic City Electric workers, including linemen, dispatchers, load control personnel and electricians, are out of work after their contract expired earlier this month. On Tuesday, Nov. 7 a group of them picketed outside a company site on Route 9 in Eagleswood.

“We’re fighting for a fair contract,” Zach Story, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Local 210 representative, said mid-morning Tuesday. “It’s truly a David vs. Goliath (situation).”