Conn. utility, union deadlocked in contract talks

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Negotiations for a new contract between Connecticut Light & Power and its workers have deadlocked in a dispute over staffing that the union blames on heightened efforts by the utility to never again be caught short in a major storm.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is organizing informational picket lines Tuesday to protest what it says is pressure to work overtime each time a storm looms.

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