• Consolidated Edison imposed voltage reductions in Brooklyn Wednesday.
• The company framed the reduction as the result of a heat wave, but representatives of the 8,500 unionized Con Ed workers, who are currently locked out, called the brownout a result of Con Ed's struggle to keep repairs going without them.
• A negotiating session between Con Ed and the union resumed at noon on Thursday.

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Locked out workers resumed negotiations with Consolidated Edison on Thursday while replacement crews worked to end a brownout as New York City sweltered in the fourth day of a heat wave. ...