Con Edison Hit With Antitrust Suit Over NYC Paving

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. is conspiring with the Laborers’ International Union of North America to “lock up the New York City market for specialized asphalt paving work” in violation of federal antitrust law, two groups charged in a lawsuit filed Feb. 16 (N.Y. Indep. Contractors All. Inc. v. Consol. Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc., S.D.N.Y., 1:16-cv-01172, complaint filed 2/16/15).

The New York Independent Contractors Alliance Inc. and Local 175 of the United Plant and Production Workers Union sued Con Edison under sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act in the U.S. ...