Labor officials: Covanta's employee rules were illegalMike LaBella of the Eagle Tribune Reports HAVERHILL — The National Labor Relations Board said the Covanta Energy company violated federal labor laws at more than 50 of its locations nationwide by including illegal work rules in its employee handbooks.
Braintree-based Utility Workers Union of America Local 369, which represents 138 employees at Covanta's waste-to-energy plant in Rochester, Mass., filed the complaint with the labor relations board last year. Covanta operates more than 30 waste-to-energy facilities, including plants in Haverhill, Pittsfield, Springfield and Rochester. Full Story.... |  | | Federal labor law violation charged - Incinerator owner scrutinized over employee handbook Jon Chesto of the The Patriot LedgerBOSTON — The National Labor Relations Board's regional director has decided that a handbook given to employees by the operator of the SEMASS incinerator in Rochester violated a federal labor law aimed at protecting unionized workers.
Scott Burson, a deputy regional attorney at the federal agency's Boston office, said that regional director Rosemary Pye has authorized a complaint against Covanta Energy Corp. ... Full Story ... | |
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