More than 400 workers at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., voted to authorize a strike late Friday after members rejected the terms of a new contract offer from the Energy Department facility.
While the 430 members of the Atomic Projects and Productions Workers, Metal Trades Council (MTC), authorized the strike ahead of the weekend, workers had not gone on strike as of Sunday. In a notice on the council website, the collective bargaining committee said it has “decided that we should continue to work and allow labor and management to try to achieve a fair and equitable agreement” after the lab’s final offer.
Members are responsible mostly for care and maintenance of Sandia facilities and infrastructure.
“Sandia’s Labor Relations team and the MTC bargaining committee are exploring the possibility of continued discussions for a new contract,” a Sandia spokesperson wrote in an email Sunday. “The current contract expired Friday. MTC members can continue working without a contract while the bargaining teams continue discussions regarding the last, best and final offer.”
A spokesperson for the union did not immediately reply to a request for comment over the weekend.
Sandia is managed by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia: a wholly owned Honeywell subsidiary. The company’s management and operations contract is worth more than $25 billion over 10 years, including options.