NORTH RANGE

Max Padilla  (Chief)

 All personnel assigned to the northern
 part of the range  (Telecommunications, JDETS)            Max Padilla

CENTRAL RANGE

 Sylvester Branch  (Chief)

Telemetry/Frequency Monitoring                                         James Betancur

Timing/GPS/Telecommunications                                      Bob Wells

Optics Department                                                                Ross Cox

HHSTT                                                                                   Juan Apodaca

Radar Department                                                                Donal Cogdell

Maintenance & Shops and All Other                                   Ramon Martinez

SOUTH RANGE

 Ken Wallace  (Chief)

Main Post Area – covering Engineering &                        Donna Smith

Technical Services Section, Data Sciences

(Frequency Monitoring), VIS Section                                 

SVAD Dept to include JDETS, TTF, 300K, EMRE          Edward Evans

Launch Support Section to include Explosive                   Manny Otero

Handlers, PATRIOT, PFRMS

 
Ground Targets/SMR                                                           Ken Wallace

Logistics Dept, M&S, Fabrication                                      Robert Fisher

And All Other

Most of you got the email from Mr. Charlie Garcia that was a reply to DBR Duryea's letter to Mr. Garcia notifying him that the Union was terminating the HPWO program with the Company.  For purposes of clarity, the content of the original letter to Mr. Garcia is below.

Mr. Charles R. Garcia
President and CEO NewTec
P.O. Box 398
White Sands Missile Range
NM 88002-3381

August 13, 2008 

Subject:  Unions withdrawal from HPWO dated 17 February 2005 

The Union feels that the atmosphere of mutual trust and respect that existed between the Union and NewTec as a Company has deteriorated to a point of non existence.  

Furthermore, your cavalier disregard for the welfare of its employees and IAM members no longer promotes a positive and mutually beneficial workplace that’s conducive to us having a HPWO relationship.  

The activities undertaken by the Company to circumvent the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement which is a binding contract reflects the lack of respect for the IAM and its members.  

Therefore, please be advised that effective immediately the IAM LL-2515 is withdrawing from the HPWO partnership and this decision is final and binding.
 

Marion (Bud) Duryea

DBR, IAM&AW, LL2515

cc:  Brigadier General, USA Richard L. MCCABE
      Colonel USA, Bruce Lewis
      NewTec Contracting Officer, Marsha Davis 

See Attachment 1

 

Attachment 1 

The major reasons for withdrawal are: 

The Calhoun Arbitration.  The CBA in Article Thirty-Five, section 1.02, the Arbitrators decision shall be final and binding.  NewTec chose not to abide by this article in the CBA as it was written. 

Health Insurance plan modifications.  The Company chose on their own not to notify and meet with the Union as soon a possible to discuss Health insurance plan modifications IAW Appendix A of the CBA. 

NewTec’s unwillingness to train employees in HPWO.