Part of the unionized workforce at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state will vote Nov. 5 on a one-year contract extension negotiated by the Hanford Atomic Metals Trade Council, according to monthly reports filed by two major contractors at the federal complex.
Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integrated Solutions (HMIS) entered into negotiations with the council, an umbrella group representing multiple unions at the former plutonium complex, on Sept. 21 and reached a tentative agreement on Sept. 29, according to a monthly report filed by the landlord contractor on the Hanford website.
If approved, the contract extension would run through Nov. 1, 2022, according to the HMIS report.
Likewise, Amentum-led Central Plateau Cleanup Co. used similar language in its September report, saying tentative agreement was reached “with an adjustment made to general wages and benefits costs” pending the ratification vote in early November.
Representatives of the Hanford Atomic Metals Trade Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Two years ago, a representative of the council said the labor organization, which is part of the Metal Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, negotiates on behalf of more than 2,500 employees at the Hanford Site.
The HMIS September report also said the contractor started negotiations on another labor contract as well. Talks with the Hanford Guards Union Local 21 commenced Sept. 20 as the parties seek a 5-year Labor Agreement that would run from Nov. 1, 2021 through Nov. 1, 2026.
