WG&L Workers: New Pay Study Unfairly Applied

Press release from the issuing company

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

High-ranking officials with Albany’s Water, Gas & Light Commission said Friday complaints by WG&L workers about a recently implemented salary table were unfounded.

Water, Gas & Light Commission General Manager Lemuel Edwards said Friday a pay structure policy approved by Judge Wilbur Owens in 1978 is “still strong and still working” for the utilities provider.

“There is no impropriety with the salary structure at WG&L,” Edwards said. “What we have in place is a new set of pay tables that were the result of an (Albany) City Commission-mandated study.”

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