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PECO Workers Strike Enters Third Day Over Pensions and Pay

The stoppage heightens outage-restoration risk with negotiators still disputing pension inclusion and smaller raises for mostly female call-center staff.

Overview

  • The strike began just after midnight leading into July 4 and continued into its third day as IBEW Local 614 members picketed multiple PECO sites while bargaining resumed.
  • The union is demanding that roughly 1,500 represented workers all receive pension coverage, noting about 600 current hires are excluded under the status quo.
  • A major wage dispute centers on the company’s proposed split that would give non-call-center staff larger annual increases than call-center workers, a group the union says is about 98% women.
  • PECO says it has offered large pay increases, improved retirement benefits and accepted federal mediation while also using contractors and non‑striking supervisors to limit customer impacts.
  • Negotiations are ongoing with pickets in place and the outcome will shape how quickly crews can restore storm-related outages and whether gender pay concerns are resolved.