Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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Seaver said she had no knowledge of any investigations taking place.
John Belluardo, public affairs director for the Livermore site office of the National Nuclear Security Administration, said the - "office does not comment as a matter of policy on potential or ongoing investigations conducted by law enforcement agencies or internal investigations involving laboratory contractors or federal personnel."_
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Anonymous said...
The words consulting business on the side of which the nephew works for keep popping up in the rumor mill. I guess little bits of information will leak out slowly but surely until the truth is known. Either way it's a mess…
There’s been no cost savings what so ever since the contractors took over the labs except for manipulation of the workers off a very good defines pension program that actually was great and still is and extending their working years hoping they die on the job or shortly afterwards.
If you wnat to see some good earnings for presnt day times take a look at the 403b earning compared to the 401k or for that matter TCP-1 plan and you'll see what I’m talking about. Better yet take a look at the UC's DCP funds. Those are the plans everyone’s money should be in.
Aren't Lowell "Brillant Pebbles" Wood and Ed Moses brothers? They appear to be mirror images. “ I have a dream” – the problem is it’s wet.
TCP-1's failure would only prove that LLNS ad LANS has been full of crap from day one. One more nail in their coffen is just fine with me.
For younger staff in these "closed" pensions, it means you'll be seeing much less money in your pension payouts during retirement. This is the NNSA's grand plan for the labs. It's already happened at SNL.
Is the hybrid better than PBGC and how's it working at SNL. Please go into details so we know what to do and can make plans.
August 5, 2012 2:29 PM
Good luck with that approach!
To compensate for this, LLNS and LANS would allow some employer matching contributions to 401-Ks. Maybe no a full 6% shared contribution match like those who are on TCP-2, but something around ~3% for those who are still a "frozen" TCP-1 pension. Current pension contributions from employee salaries and from program taxes would be reduced after the TCP-1 pension freeze-out process was implemented.
That's what I see as a "hybrid" path. It's been done by many corporations as they try to shed their pension promises. It's definitely not "substantial equivalent" with UC, but I doubt that would stop the DOE/NNSA from trying to weasel out of that promise.
Then there was the wiping out of large amounts of accumulated severance for loyal, long-term staff. Like the above, little protest from employees was heard.
By now, LANS knows they can pretty much do as they please in terms of employee benefits and policies.
They need to get this done quickly for the young people..
I found that very useful, to help me think about potential future pathways things could take.
I appreciate it when the blog is about sharing information and ideas like this.
Thanks!
Sometimes it's easy to forget that in all the blog shouting... And day-to-day at work -- more and more they're keeping their heads down and thoughts to themselves in the current environment.
At least Belluardo went with the usual "no comment" line, rather than implying nothing's going on.
Again this is the same lady that lied on all 1000 questions posed to them during the transition from UC to LLNS where everything they said would never happen is happening before your very eyes. Any questions? Freeze and hyrid it is, now lets get with the plan.