EDITORIAL ROLLING STOPPAGES LUCRATIVE DWP WORKERS' CONTRACT LEADS TO CITY HALL TROUBLES.THIS summer, it's not only rolling blackouts Angelenos have to worry about. Apparently, rolling strikes of workers are possible as well. The Engineers and Architects Association is threatening to conduct rotating walkouts if the city doesn't give its 8,400 municipal workers the same sweetheart deal Sweetheart Deal A merger or company sale where one company involved in the deal gives the other very attractive terms and conditions. Notes: In other words, a sweetheart deal is a transaction that a firm simply cannot pass-up. This is usually considered to be unethical. as Department of Water and Power workers. City officials aren't offering that same lucrative DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection deal, though. Nor should they. The inflated pay scale at the DWP has caused enough problems by diverting millions of dollars that should have gone into capital improvements. The result is that transformers and other equipment are obsolete, leading to widespread outages during this heat wave -- and the overpaid o·ver·pay v. o·ver·paid , o·ver·pay·ing, o·ver·pays v.tr. 1. To pay (a party) too much. 2. To pay an amount in excess of (a sum due). v.intr. To pay too much. DWP workers are among the most complaining in town. It's only fitting that the utility that brought us power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
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