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More than 1000 Dominion employees in West Virginia are in contract talks
with the Richmond, Virginia based energy company. Dominion, now one of
the largest energy companies in America, purchased the former Hope and
CNG concerns, familiar to area residents. The contract expires on April
1.
Benefit plans and job security are high on the list being discussed. The
company recently agreed to five-year contracts with two unions.
The company, which has a major public relations campaign encouraging
their employees to become involved in community service, allows eight
hours a year for volunteer firemen to respond to fire calls. They must then
use their vacation time.
Hundreds of jobs have been eliminated by the corporate giants in the past
few years. More recently, about 30 jobs are being eliminated at Hastings
Station, which is undergoing further automation. Locally, four field positions
will be added to the Grantsville office, apparently linked to the elimination of
those jobs. They are expected to be filled by internal transfer.
Dominion now serves nearly four million natural gas and electric customers.
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