Non Union Workers Who Showed Up to Help With Recovery Efforts Turned Away from NY After Hurricane Sandy
The hurricane-ravaged east coast has been help from north Alabama, but crews learned they’ll be doing work in Long Island and will not be able to work in New Jersey.
Utility crews volunteered with Sandy recovery but were turned away because they were non union workers.
Crews from Decatur Utilities headed up there this week, but Derrick Moore, one of the Decatur workers, said they were told by crews in New Jersey that they can’t do any work there since they’re not union employees.
The crews that are in Roanoke, Virginia say they are just watching and waiting even though they originally received a call asking for help from Seaside Heights, New Jersey.
Understandably, Moore said they’re frustrated being told “thanks, but no thanks.”
Huntsville Utilities said they were not turned away and are up in storm ravaged areas working.
Joe Wheeler EMC said they did not respond to New Jersey, but did go up to Maryland and headed home once they were done.
