Soon after, almost all electrical workers went on strike as well.

The electrical workers are to vote on that agreement today.

The electrical workers returned to their jobs with a new contract more than two weeks ago.

Additional, but weaker, evidence comes from studies of electrical workers, the report said.

Family members said electrical workers had been at the apartment earlier in the day working on the fuse box.

A communications union official said members would not return until all local issues were resolved and the electrical workers had reached agreement with the company.

He was also influential in the electrical workers' union.

It and the electrical workers' union together represent nearly two-thirds of the striking employees.

Mr. Price, who joined the electrical workers' union, helped build it.

Much of the region remained dark last night as more than 10,000 electrical workers scrambled to remove trees that had knocked down power lines.