LANL gears for possible strike

LOS ALAMOS —A “contingency force” is being trained to provide security at Los Alamos National Laboratory should the union for security personnel at the lab fail to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with LANL’s protective force subcontractor SOC-Los Alamos, says a report in the Nuclear Security and Deterrence Monitor.

The Monitor reported Friday that the current agreement expires April 24. A contingency force consisting of SOC supervisors and security personnel from the nation’s other weapons complex sites began training Sunday.

LANL spokesman Kevin Roark said that if there is a work stoppage, SOC and the lab are “fully prepared to execute the contingency plan and will ensure the Laboratory remains open and secure.”