Union Rejects Molycorp Contract At Taos Mine
Union members vote down the latest offer demanding three-year recall rights for former workers, while the rest of the contract including a 30 percent wage cut is acceptable. About 250 miners attended the March 7 meeting. operations have been suspended since November 17 and a three-year contract is sought as negotiations continue.
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Questa
Molycorp
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Jake Ortega
Ortega
Taos
Co-op Linemen Back After Short Strike At Kit Carson
The 30 IBEW members at Kit Carson Electric Cooperative voted to accept the final proposal on March 4 and returned to work the next morning. Salaries are frozen for one year of the two year contract, with dental benefits shifted to workers. End of March 1988 will see renegotiation, and no outages occurred during the three day strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kit Carson
International Brotherhood of Electric Workers
IBEW
Bob Atencio
Kit Carson Electric
Funk
Tony Reyna
Taos Pueblo
John C. Rainer
Pueblo
Taos Opposition Grows Over One Way Street Plan
Taos residents and business owners oppose Rep. Frederick Peralta HB 353 funding to convert Pueblo Norte and Placitas into one-way streets. The plan would use $738,000 from a 1983 Taos bypass appropriation to study traffic impacts, with safety and economic concerns dominating public comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Behnke
Taos
Alan Vigil
Planning Commission
Frederick Peralta
House
Senate
Pueblo Norte
Placitas
John Himes
Plaza de Retiro
Himes
Garcia Middle School
Clark Funk
Dollar for Life bill backed by Legislature
Michael Martin Murphey performed for emergency services as the House approved a Dollar for Life bill adding one dollar to motor vehicle fees for emergency workers and services. The Senate weighs a half dollar option, with Taos County EMS to gain about eighteen to twenty thousand dollars this year and state-wide first year revenue near one point six million. EMS director Carl Gilmore spoke on the floor during Murphey’s performance, noting the red tape fight to keep him on stage was worth it.
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Michael Martin Murphey
House
Senate
Taos County
County Emergency Medical Services
EMS
Carl Gilmore
Murphey
Gilmore
Roads turn to quagmires on Taos county routes
Judy Romero-Oak reports Taos County faces 400 miles of undeveloped roads, limited materials, and only eight road workers, leaving spring thaw to deepen quagmires. County Manager Samuel Montoya says new funding next summer will allow more repairs, possibly outsourcing to private contractors while crews focus on maintenance and school bus routes.
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Judy Romero-Oak
Carson
Taos
Samuel O. Montoya
Montoya
Weather report for Taos spans warm and cold snap
Taos saw a high of 66 degrees last week and a low near 21 as a cold front moved through. The National Weather Service forecasts generally fair skies through Friday with partly cloudy conditions Saturday and cooler temperatures.
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Taos
National Weather Service
Plazas Face Economic Downturn After Molycorp Layoffs
Economists forecast Taos non tourism trade declines as Molycorp layoffs ripple through families. Mary and Vera Plaza lose hours while Mary returns to 32 weekly at Wal Mart. Unemployment sits near 29.5 percent in January and retail, real estate, and tourism figures show mixed but weak trends.
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Billie Blair
Plaza
John Plaza
Molycorp
Mary Plaza
Wal-Mart
Vera
Taos News
Mary
Questa
McDonald
Taos County
Albuquerque
Espanola
Santa Fe
Taos
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Apodaca
Cooperative
Atencio
Planning and Zoning Commission
People Real Estate
Alis
EL Crepusculo, Inc
Judy Gonzales
Taus
Brian McDonald
UNM
Bureau of Business and Economic
John Sena
Bell
New Mexico
Red River
Lodge Ewter Kel Blair
Eat
Dows
Wal-Mail
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