"sf" > wrote in message
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2059651.html
> Looks like the Mafia, which controls unions back East, is behind
> turning away non-union crews in NJ.

The early stories were just referencing some tv station in Alabama (the
only source, and of unknown reliability and sketchy on details). CBS
reports:

"Alabama power companies are denying a local TV station's report that
linemen who had traveled to New Jersey from Alabama (a right to work state)
to help restore power to those hit hard by Superstorm Sandy were told they
could not work there because they were non-union...

"As we waited for clarification, we became aware that Seaside Heights had
received the assistance they needed from other sources, To be clear, at no
time were our crews "turned away" from the utility in Seaside Heights. "

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-...away-from-n.j/