DBR UPDATE 2 MARCH 2007 

  The year 2007 has started out with a bang.  There has been a lot happen since my last update and it will be an extremely busy year.  I wish I could say that things are slowing down and it will be an uneventful year for everyone, but that has not been the case so far and will not be the case throughout this coming year. 

  The last part of 2006 we did get a national contract with Yulista, our Cannon AFB PMEL contract after a week of tough negotiations.  We are looking forward to getting the new command in at Cannon so thing will stabilize a bit up there. 

  Our one Boeing member at the Flight Simulator at Cannon will most likely be going away in the future when the commands change and the F-16’s leave.   

  NewTec was awarded the contract at White Sands late last year and our people have been extremely busy with mission after mission.  Believe it or not, we are about a year out from going into negotiations with NewTec again.  We have to get our negotiators elected and start preparing. 

  Last year was finished with negotiation with Jacobs over a NASA.  Jacobs is one of the contractors that replaced Honeywell at NASA.  The government split that contract and two companies are now there.  Jacobs has the technical side of it and A Company called EASI has the facilities and maintenance.  Negotiations with Jacobs, has not been concluded as of yet and we hope to resume and finish these Negotiations in the near future. 

  In February we negotiated a contract with the Fireman at NASA.  They are now part of EASI Company and under Local Lodge 392 in Las Cruces.  We negotiated a fair contract for the fireman and they will now have a stand alone contract and be separated from the guard unit they were previously part of.  Thanks to the Firemen negotiators for their outstanding work and dedication.  A super job by all! 

  Later this year we have negotiations with SGT located out by NASA, EASI at facilities side of NASA, the Calium Guards at NASA, and the Wackenhut Guards at NASA.  Also, we have negotiations with EG&G and Ahntech in the fall. 

  DynCorp at Holloman lost the bid to renew their contract at Holloman AFB and the new Contractor M-1 is scheduled to take over that contract on 1 April 2007.  We continue to prepare for negotiations with this contract in the June time frame.  It is never an easy time when we have a contractor change, but hopefully we will pull through this change with the everyone’s jobs in tact.  We will update you as we know what is happening.  We are scheduled to meet with M-1 on the 12^th and 13^th of March and should know more at this time.  We do know that DynCorp protested the contract award, and that is in the process right now. 

  Arbitrations seem to be going well.  We had one at EG&G in the fall of last year that we won and a termination at the Wackenhut Guard Unit in December that we won.  

  The big step that the Local has made this year is the have a vote on the purchase of a building for the Union Hall.  The membership voted to purchase this building and this is all in the process of the approval of the Grand Lodge.  Once this is complete we will move forward and hopefully be in the new building by this summer.  We will update you as we proceed. 

  As always, it is a pleasure serving you as your DBR.  The support I have received from each and every one of you has been great.  I look forward to serving you throughout this year and the future.   Any question or concerns you might have just get in touch with me and we will get you an answer. 

 

Thank you for your support. 

Marion (Bud) Duryea 

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