IBEW 1837 at Bangor Hydro

There are approximately 130 IBEW 1837 members who work at Bangor Hydro. They represent classifications in the Customer Service Center, Electrical, Line and Meter departments. The Customer Service Center is the most recently organized, having just become part of the union in the 1980s.

Following deregulation, Bangor Hydro was purchased and is still owned by the Canadian firm Emera. Its electrical generation assets were sold to PPL. Bangor Hydro serves about 114,000 customers in Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock, Waldo and Washington counties in Maine.

Recent challenges for IBEW 1837 members at Bangor Hydro have included the transition to automated meter reading.

Members who work at Bangor Hydro attend the Unit 10 meeting.

IBEW 1837 Union Stewards at Bangor Hydro:

Location	Position	Name
Bangor	Chief Steward	Stephen Smith
Bangor	Steward	Renee Gilman
Hancock	Steward	Thomas Kirby
Lamoine	Steward	Jeffrey Linscott
Machias	Steward	James Getchell
Veazie	Steward	Timothy Moran

Bangor Hydro - http://www.bhe.com
Emera - http://www.emera.com

Bangor Hydro Contract Download - Registered Website Members Click Here

IBEW 1837 at Central Maine Power Company (CMP)

Members working at Central Maine Power (CMP) comprise the largest bargaining unit of IBEW 1837, with approximately 650 members represented in the original contract. The contract covers field and support workers in the line departments, meter departments, substations departments, communications center and field offices. There is one customer service phone center included in the bargaining unit, and one that is not represented. In February of 2005 the Area and System dispatchers voted to join the union and subsequently became members of the bargaining unit.

In January 2006 an additional group of 47 employees voted to join the union. This group, consisting of engineers in various departments, programmers, GIS and CADD technicians, offices services personnel, technical services representatives, and a variety of other support personnel is still working on negotiating their first contract with the Company.

Collectively, these union members design, build, repair and maintain the electric grid serving the largest customer base of any electric utility in Maine, and provide customer service assistance to residents and businesses in most of southern, central and western Maine. They also control the balance and flow of electricity across the grid beyond their own customer base into other parts of Maine and New England.

Central Maine Power Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy East Corporation.

IBEW 1837 members who work at CMP belong to either Unit 6, 7, 8 or 9, depending on their work locations.

IBEW Local 1837 Stewards at CMP are:

Central	Augusta	Richard Rogers, Jr.	Chief Steward
	GO	Rodney Curtis	Chief Steward
	Augusta	Thomas Sansouci	Steward
	Augusta	Keith Gilpatrick	Steward
	Augusta	Dudley (Doug) Ames	Steward
	Belfast	Richard Leach	Steward
	GO	Jane Allen	Steward
	Lewiston	Stephen Duplissis	Steward
	Rockland	William Smith	Steward
Clerical	Portland	Lisa Bartell	Chief Steward
	Portland	Ellen Gowen	Steward
Northern	Fairfield	Dale Blethen	Chief Steward
	Dover	Barton Merrill	Steward
	Fairfield	Robert Brooks II	Steward
	Fairfield	Daniel Washburn	Steward
	Fairfield	Christopher Guppy	Steward
	Fairfield	Derek Willette	Steward
	Fairfield	James Carey	Steward
	Farmington	Collin Neil	Steward
	Farmington	Ross Christopher	Steward
	Rumford	Jeffrey Gilbert	Steward
	Skowhegan	Darrell Buzzell	Steward
	Stratton	Ronald Perkins	Steward
	Traveling Line Crew	Samuel Godin	Steward
Southern	Portland	Gilbert Guevin	Chief Steward
	Alfred	Andrew Gelinas	Steward
	Alfred	Timothy Burgess	Steward
	Alfred	Stephen Heath	Steward
	Alfred	Mark Henderson	Steward
	Alfred	Gary Prokey	Steward
	Alfred	Sheila Boston	Steward
	Alfred	Daniel Sherman	Steward
	Portland	Dean Farrar	Steward
	Portland	Louis Flaherty	Steward
	Portland	Leonard Bickford, Jr.	Steward
	Portland	Robert Libby	Steward
	Portland	Scott Aldrich	Steward
Substations	Lewiston	Ryan Wilson	Chief Steward
	Augusta	Frank Brown	Steward
	Augusta	Thomas (Jamie) Fisher	Steward
	Biddeford	Todd Harmon	Steward
	Lewiston	Frank Clement	Steward
	NASC	Earl Blanchard	Steward
	Portland	Marshall Hebert	Steward
	Portland	Clyde Hamlin	Steward
Western	Lewiston	Barry Ripley	Chief Steward
	Bridgton	Michael Inman	Steward
	Bridgton	Douglas Wall	Steward
	Bridgton	Ryan Van Decker	Steward
	Brunswick	Ronald Valade, Jr.	Steward
	Brunswick	Christopher Turgeon	Steward
	Lewiston	David Ellis	Steward
	Lewiston	Jackson Keene, Jr.	Steward
	Lewiston	James Martel	Steward
	Lewiston	Gary Williamson	Steward
	Lewiston	Donald Leighton	Steward
	Lewiston	Alpay Balkir	Steward
	Portland	Jon Deschenes, Jr.	Steward

 

Central Maine Power Co.corporate website http://www.cmpco.com/

Energy East Corp. corporate website http://www.energyeast.com/

Central Maine Power contract download - Registered Website Members Click Here

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IBEW 1837 at FPL

Approximately 90 members of IBEW 1837 work for Florida Power and Light generating electricity. They maintain and operate the oil-fired plant on Cousins Island in Yarmouth and the hydro dams on the Kennebec, Androscoggin, and Saco Rivers.

FPL-Maine acquired the Maine assets from CMP in 1998, shortly after Maine’s electric deregulation law prohibited a company from owning both generation and distribution assets. Most of the IBEW 1837 members who work at the FPL facilities are former CMP employees who worked at their jobs prior to deregulation and the sale, and are longtime union members.

IBEW 1837 members who work at FPL belong to Units 6, 7, 8 or 9, depending on their work location. Saco River employees belong to Unit 6, Androscoggin River employees belong to Unit 7, WF Wyman Steam plant employees belong to Unit 8, and Kennebec River employees belong to Unit 9.

IBEW Local 1837 Union Stewards at FPL are:

Hydro	Southern Hydro	Chief Hydro Steward	Edwin Goodale
	Northern Hydro	Steward	Gregory Sirois
	Northern Hydro	Steward	Colin Bates
	Southern Hydro	Steward	Bryan Ripley
	Southern Hydro	Steward	Mitchell Weeman
	Western Hydro	Steward	James Pulkkinen
Fossil	WF Wyman	Chief Fossil Steward	Peter Brennan
	WF Wyman	Steward	Jeffrey Merrill
	WF Wyman	Steward	Robert Porcaro
	WF Wyman	Steward	Thomas Canavin

Florida Power and Light corporate website: http://www.fpl.com

Florida Power and Light contract download - Registered Website Members Click Here

IBEW 1837 at Granite Ridge Energy

The recently-organized bargaining unit at the NAES Granite Ridge Energy Facility voted to join IBEW Local 1837 on August 4, 2006. The Londonderry, New Hampshire natural gas-fired power plant is operated and maintained by North American Energy Services (NAES), which currently supplies both management and labor for the plant’s owners. IBEW Local 1837 successfully negotiated with NAES for a first contract for the employees at Granite Ridge.

IBEW is excited to have the opportunity to represent all maintenance and operations personnel at the plant.

Granite Ridge Energy members of IBEW Local 1837 are located in Unit 2’s territory and attend those unit meetings.

NAES Corporate Website: http://www.naes.com

 

IBEW 1837 at Littleton Water and Light

Approximately 10 members of IBEW Local 1837 at Littleton Water and Light are employed as Lineworkers, Meter Workers, Water Workers, and Clerks.

Littleton Water and Light is a municipal department of the Town of Littleton. Our members there help supply water and electrical service to approximately 5,500 people.

Members who work at Littleton Water and Light belong to Unit 4.

IBEW 1837 Union Steward at Littleton Water and Light: Paul Bresnahan

Littleton Water and Light website - www.littletonwaterandlight.org

 

 

IBEW 1837 at Maine Public Service

Bob Reed pulls wire while helping set up lighting during construction of the Maine Winter Sports facility in Fort KentApproximately 50 members of IBEW 1837 work at Maine Public Service in Presque Isle, Fort Kent, Caribou, and Island Falls, Maine. MPS was acquired by Maine & Maritimes in 2004.

IBEW 1837 members who work at MPS are lineworkers, stockhandlers, and technical service workers. The stockhandlers are the most recent part of the bargaining unit, having organized in 1999. The rest of the group joined the union in the early 1970’s. Aaron Sweetser reports that back then they even had a classification called ‘woodsman’ in the contract!

These members were closely involved in the recent construction of the Evergreen Wind Energy project in Mars Hill, running wire nearly a mile up the mountain, constructing a substation and switching station, and running the wire between those facilities.

The members at MPS are proud to serve their community in more ways than just their work for the utility. Members have also put in many volunteer hours helping with such community projects as running wire for lighting at the Maine Winter Sports facility in Fort Kent, the Caribou School District ski trail, and the Maine Winter Sports facility in Presque Isle.

IBEW Local 1837 union stewards at Maine Public Service are:

Presque Isle	Jon Lauritsen	Chief Steward
Presque Isle	Terrance Hale	Steward
Presque Isle	Patrick Cote	Steward
Presque Isle	Robert Reed	Steward
Fort Kent	Cary Daigle	Steward
Fort Kent	E. Daniel Nicolas	Steward

IBEW 1837 members who work at Maine Public Service belong to Unit 11.Brutal cold is a winter fact of life for IBEW 1837 lineworkers at Maine Public Service.

Maine Public Service Company corporate website: http://www.mainepublicservice.com/

Maine & Maritimes Corporation corporate website: http://www.maineandmaritimes.com/

Maine Public Service contract download - Registered Website Members Click Here

IBEW 1837 at New Hampshire Electric Co-op

The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative is a member-owned and controlled distributor of electricity where approximately 95 members of IBEW Local 1837 are employed helping deliver electricity to a wide swath of New Hampshire. At the Co-op, IBEW Local 1837 represents some 94 employees including District Representatives, Working Foremen, Lineworkers, Operations Coordinators, Line Design Technicians, Auto Mechanics, System Electricians, Meter Technicians, and other Technicians.

IBEW 1837 Union Stewards at the Co-op are:

OP	Alton	Arthur Cornelissen, Jr.	Chief Steward
OP	Andover	John Carrigan	Steward
OP	Center Ossipee	Charles Murphy	Steward
OP	Colebrook	Woody Crawford	Steward
OP	Lisbon	Brian Laleme	Steward
OP	Meredith	Robert Walsh	Steward
OP	Plymouth	James Robison	Steward
OP	Plymouth	Steven Ames	Steward
OP	Raymond	Stephen Carney	Steward
OP	Sunapee	Bruce Rice	Steward
OP	Wolfboro	Jeffrey Young	Steward
ENG	Plymouth	Stephen Wood	Steward

New Hampshire Electric Co-op company website: http://www.nhec.com/

New Hampshire Electric Co-op Contract Download - Registered Website Members Click Here

IBEW 1837 at PPL

Sixteen members of IBEW Local 1837 work at PPL in Eastern Maine generating electricity for the New England electric grid. (The letters from the words Pennsylvania Power and Light, although the name they use and go by is always the acronym.) PPL purchased the Maine assets from Bangor Hydro after the Maine deregulation laws took effect and prohibited any company from owning both generation and distribution assets in the state. The members who work at PPL were formerly employed by Bangor Hydro and are longtime union members.

IBEW 1837 members who work at PPL belong to Unit 10.

The IBEW 1837 Union Steward at PPL is Gary Crane

PPL Maine LLC is a subsidiary of PPL Generation LLC and the corporate website is http://www.pplweb.com/

 

IBEW 1837 at PSNH

Cutout being replaced by IBEW 1837 member Bill DeMotta at PSNH.Approximately 460 members of IBEW Local 1837 work for Public Service Company of New Hampshire. PSNH, the largest electric utility in New Hampshire, provides electricity for more than 475,000 homes and businesses. PSNH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, a utility holding company based in Connecticut.

IBEW members work at PSNH locations all over New Hampshire. On the Generation side, our members include Fossil and Hydro Generation Maintenance Personnel, Operations Personnel, Clerical Support, and Chemists. On the Utility side, Lineworkers, Meter Readers, Clerical Workers, Warehouse Personnel, Construction Mechanics and System & Field Electricians are members of our Union. Field Technicians and Field Technician Specialists recently voted in an NLRB election to be represented by IBEW Local 1837.

IBEW 1837 collaborates during negotiations with members of the Steelworkers Union who work at the Nashua location of PSNH.

Members who work at PSNH belong to Units 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, depending on their work location.

IBEW 1837 Union Stewards at PSNH are:

Generation
	Generation Maintenance	Mark Easter	Chief Steward
	Lower Hydro	Stephen Rollins	Steward
	Merrimack Station	David Ouellette	Chief Steward
	Merrimack Station	Gary Nemiccolo	Assistant Steward
	Middle Hydro	Wallace Orvis	Steward
	Newington Station	Garrick Smith	Assistant Steward
	Newington Station	William Lowery	Chief Steward
	Schiller Station	Edward Dubaniewcz	Assistant Steward
	Schiller Station	James Durning	Assistant Steward
	Schiller Station	Steven Eldredge	Chief Steward
	Upper Hydro	Daniel Roy	Steward
Utility
	AMC	William (Hal) Evans	Chief Steward
	AMC	Vincent Lembo Jr	Assistant Steward
	Chocorua	Kerry Guptill	Chief Steward
	Derry	Donald Jutras Jr	Chief Steward
	Derry	Kathleen Kneeland	Assistant Steward
	Derry Meter	Kathleen Kilroy	Assistant Steward
	Epping	Jeremy Berthiaume	Chief Steward
	Epping Meter	Sean McCarthy	Assistant Steward
	Hillsboro	Scott Simpson	Steward
	Hooksett Road	Anthony Sapienza	Chief Steward
	Hooksett Road	David Fosher	Assistant Steward
	Keene	Samuel Jones	Chief Steward
	Keene	Mark Christopherson	Assistant Steward
	Lancaster	Barry Crawford	Chief Steward
	Lancaster	William Livengood III	Assistant Steward
	Lancaster Meter	Ada Robbins	Assistant Steward
	Milford	Charles (Bud) Morrill	Chief Steward
	Milford	Peter Salisbury	Assistant Steward
	Monadnock	John Nyland	Steward
	Newport	Tom Carpenter	Steward
	Portsmouth	Keith Anderson	Steward
	Rochester	Juliette Bilodeau	Assistant Steward
	Rochester	Kyle Ryan	Chief Steward
	Tilton	Douglas Sarette	Steward
	Tilton	Pamela Paquette	Steward
	Hooksett Line	Scott Truhn	Steward

PSNH Corporate Website: www.psnh.com

Northeast Utilities Corporate Website: www.nu.com

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IBEW 1837 at Sea-3

Ten workers at the Sea-3 propane facility in Newington belong to IBEW Local 1837. Sea-3 is a crucial component of the energy distribution system in New England, and one of only about half a dozen liquefied gas-handling facilities operating in the United States.

Located on the Piscataqua River, it receives about ten to twelve Liquefied Propane Gas (LPG) tankers per year, mostly during the winter months when demand for heating is at its peak.

The propane is stored in refrigerated tanks onshore before being distributed to retailers by train and truck.

The company that owns Sea-3 is privately held. The people who make up the Union at Sea-3 are Operations and Maintenance Personnel who receive, store, and distribute propane at the Newington facility.

IBEW Local 1837 members at Sea-3 belong to Unit 1.

IBEW Locak 1837 Stewards at SEA-3 are:

Stephen Paine	Chief Steward
Albert Newton	Assistant Steward

Sea-3 is privately held by Transammonia Group and their corporate website is http://www.transammonia.com/.

Sea-3 Contract Download - Registered Website Members Click Here

IBEW 1837 at Unitil Energy Systems, Inc.

Members of IBEW Local 1837 work at two New Hampshire locations of Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. (UES): “Capital” in Concord and “Seacoast” in Kensington. Unitil is a public utility holding company with electric utility distribution operations in these New Hampshire communities as well as North Central Massachusetts.

IBEW Members who work for UES in New Hampshire are employed as Lineworkers, Meter Mechanics, and some as Support Personnel. Our members help provide electricity to 71,100 customers in the Merrimack River Valley and Seacoast regions of New Hampshire.

UES also owns a facility in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, which provides electric and natural gas service to more than 42,000 customers in that New England state. Union workers at that location are represented by the Utility Workers Union of America.

IBEW Local 1837 members who work at UES belong to Units 1 and 2 and have local union voting rights with those units. These workers have established subunit meetings to facilitate discussion of issues specific to their companies and those meetings are held in Exeter and Concord.

IBEW Local 1837 Stewards at Unitil are:

Unitil-C	Concord	Robert McNeff	Chief Steward
Unitil-C	Concord	Michael Yurek	Assistant Steward
Unitil-S	Exeter	Donald Palmer II	Chief Steward
Unitil-S	Exeter	Willis Mailhot, Jr.	Assistant Steward

Unitil Energy Services (UES) corporate website: http://www.unitil.com/

Unitil Energy Services contract download - Registered Website Members Click Here (dial-up users note large file size: 2.2MB)

IBEW 1837 at WABI-TV 5

Nine members of IBEW Local 1837 work at WABI-TV, Channel 5 in Bangor, Maine. WABI is owned by Diversified Communications, and the IBEW 1837 members there perform technical work behind the scenes to keep the content rolling to consumers’ televisions.

Members who work at WABI belong to Unit 10.

The IBEW 1837 Union Steward at WABI is Herb Ayer.

WABI-TV corporate website: http://www.wabi.tv
Diversified Communications corporate website: http://www.divcom.com

WABI-TV contract download - Registered Website Members Click Here

 

 

IBEW 1837 at WGME-TV 13

The union represents approximately 50 employees at the CBS Television Network affiliate in Portland, Maine. Recently, the television station has also begun to produce news programming for the local Fox Television Network affiliate in Portland, WPFO-TV 23.

WGME-TV 13 is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., of Baltimore, which is a publicly traded company. The predominantly non-union Sinclair owns, operates or provides services to 58 television stations in 36 broadcasting markets. Sinclair purchased WGME-TV from the locally-owned Guy Gannett Communications in 1998.

IBEW Local 1837 is proud to represent most of the people who work behind the scenes at WGME-TV 13. These hardworking broadcast professionals include the Operating Technicians, News Editors, Assignment Editors, Photographers, Engineers, Producers and Directors who create and produce a variety of news and public service programs, commercials and station promotional announcements. Our members have been recognized for their outstanding achievements in television by a diverse group of local, state, and national organizations of journalists and broadcasters.

IBEW members at WGME-TV work side-by-side with their union brothers and sisters in AFTRA, the American Federal of Television and Radio Artists. AFTRA represents the television reporters and news anchors at WGME-TV.



WGME-TV: http://www.wgme.com

Sinclair Broadcast Group: http://www.sbgi.net

WGME-TV contract download - Registered Website Members Click Here