Union workers have launched a blistering attack on National Grid, saying the giant electric company has failed to keep its grid system safe for its employees. The local head of the Utility Workers Union and the Brotherhood of Utilities Workers Council, which represent about 1,000 employees, said recent rate hearings have revealed that National Grid has thousands of overloaded pole transformers and faulty line insulators that have led to a few serious injuries. “They are scared,” Gary Sullivan, president of UWU Local 369 and the council, said of union members who have to work on electric lines throughout the state.

Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the 44th president of the United States and the nation's first black commander in chief yesterday, his triumph ushering in an era of profound political and social realignment in America.

Deval Patrick said Tuesday night that he is looking forward to working with President-elect Barack Obama, his close friend. "I congratulate Barack Obama and ...

ANDREA SILBERT lists a number of ways that government should get involved in reducing poverty in the United States ("A new type of capitalism," Op-ed, Oct. 30). She misses the most obvious and proven method of fighting poverty, a method that costs the taxpayer nothing. Let workers join unions.

The Utility Workers are the latest construction union, joining the Boilermakers, for Obama. The Sheet Metal Workers and the Painters back Clinton. ...

"Senator Obama understands our issues, supports our goals and will do what is right for utility workers, our families, our communities and our country," ...

In a statement, National Grid, a British company headquartered in London, said it is transferring 1700 employees into the new building, mostly from its ...

Since National Grid began offering energy efficiency programs in 1987: More than 26 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity have been saved - enough to power ...

Steve Holliday, the chief executive of National Grid PLC, the British company that recently purchased Keyspan Energy Delivery, the state's largest gas ...

When the state fined National Grid $8.8 million last week for not keeping its electrical system reliable enough, Susan Smith wasn't surprised. ...