Northwestern Corporation

Labor Union:INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 44, AFL-CIO

Voting Unit (Unit A):Included: All full-time and regular part-time Telecommunication Technicians employed by the Employer at the Employer's Billings, Bozeman, Buttte, Great Falls, Missoula, Havre, helena, Cut Bank, and Lewistown, Montana locations. Excluded: All other employees, confidential employees, and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act. If a majority of valid ballots are cast for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 44, AFL-CIO, they will be taken to have indicated the employees' desire to be included in the existing unit currently represented by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 44, AFL-CIO, described as the following: The following full-time and regular part-time employees employed by the Employer in and out of its Montana facilities in the following classifications: APPR ELECTRIC-AFT 5/1/01 APPR GAS-AFT 5/1/01 APPR LINEMAN-AFT 5/1/01 APPRENTICE TRANSMISSION OPERATOR APPRENTICE JOURNEYMAN COMBINATION APPRENTICE MANAGER TOWN COMBINATION-RATE 1 APPRENTICE MANAGER TOWN COMBINATION-RATE 2 APPRENTICE MANAGER TOWN COMBINATION-RATE 3 APPRENTICE MANAGER TOWN COMBINATION-RATE 4 APPRENTICE MANAGER TOWN COMBINATION-RATE 5 COORDINATOR TRANSMISSION ELECTRICIAN FOREMAN BUTTE SHOP FOREMAN METER TECHNICIAN FOREMAN RELAY TECH SR FOREMAN RELAY-RATE 2 FOREMAN RELAY-RATE 3 FOREMAN SUBSTATION-BILLINGS FOREMAN WORKING ELECTRIC FOREMAN WORKING GAS GROUNDMAN JOURNEYMAN COMBINATION JOURNEYMAN COMBINATION —SPR JOURNEYMAN GASMAN JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN - SPR JOURNEYMAN RELAY LEADMAN RELAY TECHNICIAN MANAGER TOWN-RATE 1 MANAGER TOWN-RATE 2 MANAGER TOWN-RATE 3 MANAGER TOWN-RATE 4 MANAGER TOWN-RATE 5 MANAGER TOWN-COMBO RATE 1 MANAGER TOWN-COMBO RATE 2 MANAGER TOWN-COMBO RATE 3 MANAGER TOWN-COMBO RATE 4 MANAGER TOWN-COMBO RATE 5 METER READ CLS 1-1ST 3 MO METER READ CLS 2-2ND 3 MO METER READ CLS 3-OVER 6 MO METER READER-AMR METER READER-AMR-LEAD METERMAN ELECTRIC OPERATOR MACHINE OPERATOR TRANSMISSION I OPERATOR TRANSMISSION II OPERATOR TRANSMISSION III OPERATOR TRANSMISSION IV OPERATOR TRANSMISSION LEAD OPERATOR TRANSMISSION COMBINATION JOURNEYMAN PATROLMAN-RATE 1 PATROLMAN-RATE 2 SERVICEMAN SERVICEMAN-RATE 2 STUDENT SUMMER STUDENT TEMPORARY SUB-FOREMAN METERMAN-SP RATE SUB-FOREMAN TECHNICIAN METER TECHNICIAN RELAY SR TECHNICIAN RELAY TECHNICIAN TELEPHONE TESTER METER/SINGLE PHASE TESTER METER WORKING FOREMAN-SPEC RATE ALL GAS CLASSIFICATIONS IN: HAVRE, CHESTER, CHINOOK, HARLEM, JOPLIN, INVERNESS, RUDYARD, HINGHAM, GILDFORD, KREMLIN, LEWISTOWN, HARLOWTON, GREAT FALLS, CONRAD, CHOTEAU, FAIRFIELD, VALIER, AUGUSTA, COLUMBUS, RED LODGE, BOZEMAN, LIVINGSTON, BIG TIMBER, BELGRADE, THREE FORKS AND MANHATTAN, MONTANA, ENGAGED IN GAS SERVICE AND INSTALLATION WORK. ALL CRAFT CLASSIFICATIONS HISTORICALLY COVERED IN GENERATION FACILITIES. ALL REGULAR FULL-TIME AND REGULAR PART-TIME WAREHOUSE EMPLOYEES AND LEAD WAREHOUSE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY THE, COMPANY AT ITS WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS FACILITIES IN BILLINGS, BOZEMAN, GREAT FALLS, HELENA, AND MISSOULA, MONTANA LOCATIONS. If a majority of valid ballots are not cast for representation, they will be taken to have indicated the employees' desire to remain unrepresented.

Union to Certify:INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 44, AFL-CIO