“Raise a concern, get blackballed then lose your job and benefits…” “…instead of raising your concerns just leverage on your skills and go to the next contractor.”
How can DOE/NNSA Contractors say with a straight face, they strive to be good stewards of the environment and care about their employees to a community of potential “downwinders”(in the broadest sense of the term), if their employees know full well, they will lose their jobs if they raise safety concerns?
In 2016, DOE/NNSA employee “whistleblower” fears were brought forward by a few Senators, and now again in 2024, another Senator has asked the DOE Secretary what has changed since 2016, to eliminate whistleblower retaliation by DOE contractors.
This fear of contractor retaliation continues to make Labs ripe for preventable accidents that may impact workers and the health of local communities.
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Honor, is never a given, it must be earned with a track record supporting it. Wouldn’t you agree Mr. Pico? And, our fathers, would likely subscribe to such a metric as well, yes? So how do you measure up to your step-father’s honor expectations Randy?
To preserve profits, a preventable accident that has yet to occur, the Contractor will always default to a “we already knew that” response, which translates into this “whistleblower” is “out of his or her lane”. Result? Lab workers will not step forward with critical workplace observations, then when sh_t happens, potentially impacting Lab employees and the local communities, it’s too late.
The contractor management circles the wagons, excluding the ordinary employee, on even the most trivial and common sense matters. Trust not only doesn’t permeate the Triad management, it is a meaningless concept to all involved.
“The contractor management circles the wagons, excluding the ordinary employee…”
All while some lab managers (not all), within the safety of the wagon circle, watch with their thumb up their A _ _, as their employee gets abused.
Definition: “thumb up their A _ _”
“Not doing what you should be doing” - Urban Dictionary
Public transparency is not required at LLNL, so not much will change.
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