{"id":289361,"date":"2026-09-19T02:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/289361\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T02:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:38:10","slug":"unionized-duquesne-light-workers-vote-to-authorize-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/289361\/","title":{"rendered":"Unionized Duquesne Light workers vote to authorize strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unionized Duquesne Light workers overwhelmingly vote to authorize strike<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789785490_925_4a0a8774-983a-4c94-a3b0-d2630c50cec6_1653489233.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Raquel Ciampi\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Duquesne Light workers with the IBEW Local 29 union have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike as contract negotiations continue.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Nearly 600 workers voted in favor of the strike authorization.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Duquesne Light executives said the company is committed to reaching a fair and balanced agreement.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;While we cannot comment on contract negotiation specifics, this vote was expected and doesn&#8217;t mean there will be a work stoppage,&#8221; the company said in part. &#8220;As an essential service provider, safety and reliability are our core priorities, and we are prepared to activate operational continuity plans in the event of a work stoppage.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unionized Duquesne Light workers overwhelmingly vote to authorize strike PITTSBURGH \u2014 Duquesne Light workers with the IBEW Local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[120192,1126,47841,120191,120189,120186,120188,19500,120190,6016,73,75,74,22561,7363,2957,4500,120187],"class_list":["post-289361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-balanced-agreement","tag-company","tag-contract-negotiation","tag-core-priority","tag-duquesne-light-executive","tag-duquesne-light-worker","tag-essential-service-provider","tag-favor","tag-ibew-local","tag-part","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-reliability","tag-safety","tag-strike","tag-union","tag-work-stoppage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}