Several hundred unionized workers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., remained on the job this week after contract negotiations with the lab broke down, and are scheduled to vote on a new labor deal Monday.
Sandia and the Atomic Projects and Productions Workers, Metal Trades Council (MTC), “met this week to address remaining issues and Sandia has revised its contract offer,” the Energy Department lab said in a statement posted online Thursday. “The MTC has announced a ratification vote on Monday for the revised offer.”
The Metal Trades Countil represents more than 400 workers at Sandia, most of whom are responsible for care and maintenance of lab infrastructure. Its labor contract with the lab lapsed last week, and members subsequently authorized a strike. However, negotiations continued this week, and workers stayed at their posts.
In a notice on the council website, MTC’s collective bargaining committee said it “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 was refused Sept. 29.
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.
