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REPORT FROM THE

BUSINESS MANAGER, BARRY DIXON

Brothers and Sisters,

It is with great pleasure that I announce our Local 953 is recovering from the

financial crisis we underwent last year and into this year. Overall, we have had one year of positive

growth. The tremendous hit to the mining industry in our District III has been supplemented by

growth in the construction, and pipeline sectors of our Local. In spite of all the negative occurrences

the local has endured since my becoming Business Manager in June of 2016 this fiscal year has

turned out to be the strongest to date in my tenure as your Business Manager. The state of our Local

953 is strong.

Our insurance companies have paid the local 99% of the lost income the Local was subjected to the

previous year and a half. Our office manager has implemented a new financial reporting process to

the Executive Board which requires the board to take a more in depth look at our finances.

We are finalizing a financial quarterly review procedure for the trustees and other officers to review

our finances on a quarterly basis to ensure any new financial issues are discovered sooner than

later. I am also requiring that those participating in the quarterly review process go through a

training program provided by our CPA to understand and know what they are reviewing.

Our mining membership In Dist. III has stopped decreasing and has been increasing over the past

four to five months. We continue to remain active in the possible carbon capture sequestration

technology with support from our International. We remain politically active at the national and state

levels concerning the SJGS. Our construction membership has grown stronger and continues to rise

in District I. Los Alamos National Laboratory membership has been slowly increasing with expected

increase in calls for workers over the next year. Our Service Contract Act, (SCA), agreements are

holding steady at all the military installations from El Paso-Ft Bliss, Alamogordo Holliman-AFB, Clovis

-Cannon AFB and Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB and other federal facilities in El Paso, Las Cruces,

Roswell, and Los Alamos.

Other locals across the country are in dire need of crane operators and heavy equipment operators

from all locals. There is also a national attack of Union apprenticeship programs by the Associated

Building Contractors, (ABC), Associated General Contractors, (AGC) and other non-union

organizations through the political processes in Washington D.C. It is imperative we stay vigilant as

to what Congress the President and the Supreme Court are doing to Labor in America.

We also continue to monitor upcoming projects, a huge radiation remediation project in the Grants

area, a multi-billion dollar waste isolation project in Eddy/Lea counties, rare metals earth mining in

our jurisdiction in Texas, Construction and highway projects in the greater Albuquerque area. I am

also reviewing the condition of our offices and future costs to maintain our aging facilities. I am

replacing our aging automobiles with newer models and upgrading our computer capabilities for the

staff along with increased training on our data system.

Volume 13, Issue 1

September 3, 2019

Engineering News

Operat ing Engineers Local 953

www.iuoelocal953.com

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REPORT FROM THE CORRESPONDING SEC-

RETARY/ BUSINESS AGENT

Clayton Benally

Brothers and Sisters,

Another 6 months have gone by and summer

is almost over, the State Fair is starting soon as well

as other County and Tribal fairs. We had our annual

Labor Day picnic here in Farmington on Saturday the

31st of August and it was a fun time to enjoy the day

serving hamburger, hotdogs and watermelon with all

our union brothers and sisters but it was a lot of work.

The Price Gregory pipeline down south of

Carlsbad is winding down and will be wrapping up in

October/November sometime, we didn’t get a lot of

workers out due to the fact that we only had about

10-12 miles in New Mexico and the rest was in Local

178’s jurisdiction. We are tracking some pipeline

work in El Paso county that we hope will go Union, we

were told that the other big 42” pipeline job in Texas

went non-union.

Navajo Mine, Los Alamos and Franklins have

put on people this summer but we are still looking for

operators. Crane Service and Maxim Crane are

planning on having a couple of big outages this month

and we are looking for licensed crane operators.

The survival of San Juan Generating Stations

owned by PNM may not be so bleak since the City of

Farmington just recently decided to take over

ownership after 2022 to work with Enchant Energy to

see if Carbon Capture Sequestration is a viable option

for the plant. This would save hundreds of jobs at the

plant, the San Juan Mine and all the support services

of the surrounding community.

As Recording Corresponding Secretary, if

your name, marital status, address or contact

information changes let the Hall know so we can

update your records.

I hope to see you at this month’s Semi-Annual

meeting on Saturday September 28th at the

Albuquerque Union Hall at 10:00 AM, but if you’re not

able to attend have a safe fall and a great holiday

season.

Clayton D. Benally

Recording Corresponding Secretary

REPORT FROM THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR OE TRAINING PROGRAM

Kristen Spath

Hello Members,

Our Safety Training Classes have come to a

conclusion for the training year of 2019. We all

know what this means! Safety Incentive due date is

upon us. All training was completed by August 31st,

2019. All training cards and applications are due to

Southwest Multi-Craft by October 31st, 2019. If you

need any assistance, please call our office. I also

wanted to remind all members of our amazing

training facility in Crosby, Texas. If you have not

gone, you need to go! The applications and

training list are all online at iuoe.gov.

I am proud to announce our Standards of

Apprenticeship have been revised and finalized!

Our Apprenticeship is now in good standing with the

Department of Workforce Solutions Apprenticeship

office. By January 2020, our office is hoping our

city lease will be finalized. We will be achieving our

two biggest hurdles!

Currently we have 19 Apprentices , the most we

have had in a long time. This year we would like to

Welcome: Christopher Arrietta, James Cosper Jr.,

Jered Lopez, Jacob Martinez, Marcos Garcia,

Zachary Escalera, Jamarquris Dixon, John Nakos,

Nathaniel Logan, Hector Omar Rodas, Keith Wiley,

Herman James, Robert Trujillo, and Austin Monroe

to our Apprenticeship Program.

I would like to Congratulate Mr. Kevin Martinez for

completing the Heavy Equipment Operator

Apprenticeship. He is now a Journeyman Heavy

Equipment Operator. He was an outstanding

apprentice! Our office wants to wish him the best

with LANL.

I would like to take this moment for your thoughts

and prayers for our Executive Director

Lisa Holland. She is on medical leave and we all

want to wish her a speedy recovery.

Respectfully,

Kristen Spath Office Phone (505)877-5071 Cell Phone (505)270-2422 Interim Executive Director O E Training Program

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REPORT FROM BUSINESS AGENT ANTHONY GURROLA

Union Brothers & Sisters, As the Semi Annual meeting approaches, we hope everyone makes plans to attend and join us for lunch,

here of some of the activities happening around your district and throughout the state .

In district 2, we will be in contract talks with Valiant Integrated Services, a new company at Holloman AFB,

as QSI did not rebid the contract.

FSI at Cannon AFB, was awarded a new contract by the government, and will remain at the base to ensure

our members will not have to transition to a new company.

WW Contractors, Omni Corp., and NCS have renewed the CBA’s in the last few months and with exception of

some issues, the contracts are in place for awhile.

We have signed some new members working at Marathon Refinery in El Paso, for Maxim Crane. Maxim will

be needing 39 new oilers for a shutdown, planned to start in the next six months. Also, Mountain States Crane

out of Albuquerque, will be opening a yard in El Paso, increasing the need for qualified crane operators.

The 42’ pipeline project all the locals were waiting on, didn't go as planned. Most of the work went to

non-union companies, although we did pick up a project in west Texas. It will provide work for our members

for a few months.

Holtec International will be starting a project in Eddy County and will require a lot of man power to start up,

the local will be looking for operators to ensure this project is fully staffed.

District 1 has a number of projects going, Los Alamos is constantly in need of operators for Triad and N3B,

with a big need for licensed crane operators, as well as, heavy equipment mechanics and operators.

Crane operators around Albuquerque are in high demand as crane companies which are signatory with

Local 953 request operators on a daily basis.

As you can see, we have a lot of projects going, on throughout the state and are always on the lookout for

more to make sure our members are working.

Once again , hope to see everyone at the meeting.

In Solidarity,

Anthony Gurrola

IUOE LOCAL 953

Business Agent

March 2019

Reginaldo Ruiz, Roman Alcantar, Steven

Lucero, Micheal Dewulf, Bradley Burns, ,

Dwayne Trujillo, Robert McNutt, Edgar

Mendoza, Kevin Mireless, Juan Rael, Lyle

Arviso, and Jose Carillo,

April 2019

Kelly Medford, James Carrel, Herman Dennison

June 2019

Chris Tillman, Sherry Manhiemer, Sebastian John, Darell Wagner, Merced Guzman, Chris Archuleta, Jorge Garza, Antonio Martinez, Alexander William, Frances Chacon

IN MEMORIUM

Our sincere sympathies go to the bereaved families as we share with them the loss of their loved ones and our Brother members of Local 953.

Eloy Gallegos Rudy Vigil

Joseph Peck

WELCOME OUR NEWLY INITIATED !

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JOIN US FOR OUR SEMI-ANNUAL

MEETING

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 at 10:00 AM

AT THE ABQ HALL

151 PENNSYLVANIA ST. SE

ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108

**Lunch will be provided**

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS

LOCAL 953

151 PENNSYLVANIA ST SE

ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108