UPEC Negotiators Meet With Presidio Trust

Thursday, November 01, 2007

San Francisco - Negotiations for the first contract for 178 Presidio Trust employees continued today in San Francisco. Business Manager Chris Darker and Senior Labor Representative Steve Allen met with management for the first time since Presidio employees were transfered in to Local 792 in July 2007 from LIUNA Local 36. LIUNA PED Director Robert Purcell led the negotiations on Wednesday and Thursday. Both the Union and Management stated a contract by the end of this year could be possible. Presidio employees have been working without a contract since 1999 and negotiations stalled in early 2006.  Darker is optimistic a deal could be negotiated but stated job security is an important issue that needs to be worked out in these negotiations. “These are the only unionized federal employees who are “at will employees”, and that is just unacceptable”, stated Darker following today’s session. The team plans to meet next week to continue negotiations.