Yum_Kaax t1_j6o7njy wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:52 PM

Reply to comment by Bathroomtrader in Time to take a stand against CL&P by [deleted]

Right now there are a lot of companies doing mass layoffs. Eversource would just layoff a few dozen line engineers and blame it on the consumer protest and say that the customers are forcing their hand unless they pay their bills.

I think the better answer here is regulation/oversight putting reasonable limits on rate increases.

-BruinsBabe- t1_j6oba5x wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:14 PM

Literally, every employee there, down to the customer service reps, are in a union. It wouldn’t be as simple as laying them off.

Anyone who doesn’t pay their bill would eventually be sent to collections and or disconnected, if they didn’t meet the criteria to be safe from a shut off. The costs for unpaid bills just get passed onto residents. So, it’s really futile to just refuse to pay a bill without the backing of some legislators on board to change things, legally.

callmemoderation t1_j6p0evb wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:49 PM

Not every employee is union. Source me, non union employee.

-BruinsBabe- t1_j6pdkig wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:15 PM

As a former employee and part of that union myself, I’m really curious. As I was leaving, they were unionizing everyone in the customer service department. I was told that was kind of the last of the last, that were left. But either way, I can amend to say, the majority of the employees there are union, if that makes you feel any better.

keepitupxxx t1_j6pg4hm wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:32 PM

Yes this is correct seeing layoffs around the state in our industry an others as well🤔 If this continues we will all be jobless an bankrupt🤔

Yum_Kaax t1_j6pgeah wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:34 PM

The government tried to Eversource responsible after the last big hurricane and Eversource's response was to jack-up prices after it all died down to recoup their losses. So I trust Eversource to always find a way to bill it back to the customer.

keepitupxxx t1_j6phdbr wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:41 PM

Not just Eversource all industry does the same For instance jet fuel goes up tickets go up Plane prices go up tickets go up Natural business move🤔