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The ZEC hearings began the first week of February. I testified on behalf of Local 94 to express our support for the ZEC program and the importance of keeping the plants operating, as well as the possible affects to our membership and many other jobs. The evidentiary hearings are set for some time in March, with the BPU rendering its decision sometime in April… more to come on that. We have had a couple meetings with the Company on the Electric side of the Utility, to discuss the approach to the AMI project. This project is slated to take four years to complete. We see this as an opportunity to have some growth with our membership to accomplish some, if not all of the work. The Local has been pushing at various levels in the state government to get our folks to be moved up on the essential workers list for the Covid19 vaccine. PSEG has also reached out to various hospitals in efforts to partner up and see if there is any way they could provide vaccines to our employees, who meet various criteria as it exists now. So far, there are 2-3 hospitals that are willing to form a partnership. Understand that this is not a guarantee, and anyone that wishes to get the vaccine should continue to sign up wherever they can, as well. Training should start to kick in during the month of March at the division headquarters, with a combination of the Training Center Instructors and Supervisors, as well as Union Adjunct Instructors. We are looking for a possible 6-8 Adjuncts on the Electric side, and if we get the volunteers to step up and perform the Adjunct Instructor role, we should have the most recent new hires, as well as the folks that have been held up, all trained by the summer.I would like to ask everyone to take a moment of pause to remember our recently fallen members:Anthony "Rocky" LarattaBob EnglerSteve JonesIn closing, I would like to thank everyone for their continued due diligence during the pandemic. Stay Safe & Mask up!
