Thank you to everyone that took their personal time out of their Saturday and came out to the General Membership Meeting in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Members traveled from as close as Las Cruces to as far as 145 miles away to be there.  

We appreciate these members for the concern they have for their jobs and this Union. The more involved the members are in this Union, the stronger it will be. This Union is not made up of Officers and Business Agents; it is made from members like the ones that participated today. We don't say it enough, but we really appreciate the members that show up every month to the Union Meetings in Albuquerque, and we were glad to be able to facilitate Southern participation by holding this meeting in Las Cruces.

This was the first General Membership meeting outside the Albuquerque area for Local 492 that anyone can remember and it went very well. There were plenty of good questions from the members and they also aired issues they had that will help the Business Agents in the future. This was a great opportunity for the Southern Members to interact with all of the 492 Officers and BA’s.

We will be scheduling a "Northern New Mexico" Meeting in the near future and look forward to seeing our Northern New Mexico Brothers & Sisters there.