VERIFY: Post claiming power restoration efforts were delayed due to contract negotiations is false

Dozens of people reached out to KHOU 11 asking if a social media post claiming out-of-state power crews had to negotiate pay before getting to work is real.

[@lindapindabelinda3570]

So it is safe to assume that they are paying for their rooms and food because nowhere in this story did anyone state that food and hotels for new workers were being paid for by the company?

[@perc3136]

They have trailers set up at the staging areas where they sleep and bathrooms and showers set up at the staging areas as well as

[@macplus3339]

I heard the word "will" and not the word "are". "Will" is sometime in the future, if ever.

[@aegis666420]

Woah woah woah. Wait. Your investigation amounted to, "We asked centerpoint, and they said, NUH UH, so the claim that Centerpoint didn't want to pay workers and is stalled due to negotiating with workers" is false? Are you serious?

[@notanaftagent8444]

If you've ever had a travel for work you understand what a travel allowance is and they're probably getting one good point of the story is that there is no work being held up because of pay negotiations regarding the housing or food not even paychecks