Union Sues National Grid Over Sandy-Related Overtime Wages
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A union sued National Grid Plc in Brooklyn, New York, federal court, alleging the utility failed to pay overtime wages to workers putting in 60- to 80-hour work-weeks repairing damage from Hurricane Sandy.
Transport Workers Union of America Local 101 alleged in a Nov. 15 complaint that the utility’s workers in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island, New York, were paid nothing for work in excess of 40 hours a week for the past three weeks. A spokeswoman for the London-based utility company, Karen Young, said the company is trying to fix an automated payroll problem.