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29 June 2010
Brothers
and Sisters, it has been an extremely busy year and
continues to stay that way.
I have been able to visit most of you over the
last few months and will get around to visit with the
rest of you as soon as possible.
2010 has been the year of
negotiations for a lot of the now 20 contracts that
are under the Local and Local 392.
So far we have had negotiations with Kratos at
Orogrande, which we finally got an agreement with
after 2 years of negotiations and labor board charges.
We welcome the 21 new members in this Unit as
Brothers and Sisters in Local Lodge 2515.
We Negotiated the NASA Firemen of
Local Lodge 392 a one year extension in hopes that all
the protest on the Guard/Fireman contract will be
settled and we then can negotiate a full agreement.
Pre-negotiations went on almost
every weekend with either M-1, Glacier, and throughout
the week with AhnTech, Jacobs, EASI, ZIA, DS-2, SGT,
Calium, and Wackenhut .
Negotiations with Jacobs, EASI, SGT,
Caluim, and Wackenhut are finished and
currently we are in negotiations with DS-2 in
El Paso.
DS-2 is a Boarder Patrol/Customs, Aircraft maintenance
Unit we picked up from the Southern Territory.
Still coming up this year are AhnTech, ZIA,
EG&G, and Glacier, with the possibility of having to
re-negotiate the Yulista contract when they change
contractors in October.
Arbitrations continue to take place
on what seems to be a regular basis.
We have won several and lost several.
Although the Arbitrations have slowed down,
they have not stopped.
Organizing is on the top of the list
for the Local and New Mexico.
Any contacts that anyone has, please let me
know and we will follow through with all leads.
As members you all know how much better we are
off with a Collective Bargaining Agreement than you
would be without one.
Show your friends and workers down the street
what it has done for you.
With your help we can grow and help others have
a better life with good wages and benefits.
It is a pleasure to serve the
membership of Local Lodge 2515 and I always look
forward to seeing each and everyone of you.
Remember to attend our local lodge meeting if
you can and also remember that this is an election
year. The
only way you can get the representative in office that
promote labor and your ideals is to vote.
Your vote does count.
Marion E. (Bud) Duryea
DBR, IAM&AW, LL2515
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