Our web site is currently under construction. We are in the process of redesigning the site. Thank you for your patience. SPSE Forum on Thursday, April 29 at Noon in Building 123, Auditorium - LLNL's Future Operating Contract UPTE FACT SHEET on Bidding for Management of Three UC managed DOE Labs (04/14/04) NAS Committee - Comments From SPSE Members (4/05/04) Request for EBA Information 12/11/03 UPTE Activities Bylaws Amendment Expansion.htm CA State Senate Testimony U C Contact Reform Letter 2003(PDF) Letter to Secretary of Energy and Congress Regarding February 14, 2003 Press Release Press Release (February 14, 2003) on UC Contract Reforms - Joint Statement with UPTE/CWA Local 9119, UPTE Chapters at LANL and LBNL SPSE Offers Polygraph Testing Consent Form Women's Lawsuit-Discrimination Questionnaire SPSE Thanks President Clinton for his Veto of the Official Secrets Act SPSE Releases Survey Results Security and the Use of Polygraphs at the National Labs SPSE Timeline

Letters To the Editor

The Society of Professionals, Scientists, and Engineers is an independent organization of professional scientists and engineers employed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). SPSE was formed on May 23, 1973, in response to negative management policies during the 1970s. During that period, a series of layoffs that seemed based on arbitrary and unfair criteria were held to the detriment of the Laboratory. SPSE was formed to address these and other concerns of professionals at LLNL (see the SPSE Position Paper, 1976). Typically, an individual is hard pressed to effect change, but an active member in a strong group can be a powerful force in deciding and instituting change. SPSE continues its efforts to make LLNL a better place to work.

"I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both to protect their own economic status and also, generally speaking, to secure their influence in the political field."

Albert Einstein, from a letter dated May 1944

SPSE, an employee organization serving LLNL's professional staff, works to provide a more congenial professional working environment in part by...

Distributing news and viewpoints useful to LLNL professionals

• Newsletter #1, 2004 (PDF)
  • UC Contract Future and What it Means to You
  • SPSE Healthy Commute Campaign
  • The Job You Save May Be Your Own, Part 2
  • SPSE Continues to Work on the EBA Issue
  • Management Actions Say "NO" to UC Contract; SPSE Actions say "YES"
  • Upcoming Board Meetings
  • Serial Ranking Continues
  • Calling All SPSE Photos
  • 2004 SPSE Executive Board
  • A Lesson in Democracy: SPSE Attends UPTE-CWA 14th Annual Convention
  • Join Us For SPSE Dinners
  • SPSE Applications
• More SPSE Newsletters
• Distinguished Lecturer Series
  • LLNL's Future Operating Contract 4/29/04
  • Theresa Connaughton UPTE LANL President: "Is there a culture of retaliation at the UC Labs?" 3/18/03
  • Professor Del Nelson - How Ranking Demotivates the Workforce 9/27/02
  • Speaker Forum with Panelists Dan Stober, Ian Hoffman and Professor L. Ling Chi Wang - The Wen Ho Lee Case and its Aftermath 3/25/02
  • Professor Norman S. Matloff 10/24/01
  • Jelger Kalmijn 4/27/01
  • Professor L. Ling-chi Wang 4/27/00
  • Amy Dean 3/1/00
• New Layoff Policy Adopted for LLNL Scientists and Engineers Updated 5/10/96

Representing professionals involved in job discrimination, performance and salary disputes

• Policy on Representation
• Real Earth Employee Handbook

Providing employees with information about their rights

• LLNL Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual
• CA Codes (gov:6250-6270) California Public Records Act (CPRA)
  • The First Amendment Project {Webmaster's Note: Has an excellent summary of the act as well as tips on making requests.}
• Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA) {Webmaster's Note: This site is maintained by UPTE and may not be current.}
• Skelly and Weingarten Rights
• Leave Without Pay (LWOP) Disability Insurance
• Lump Sum Retirement Calculation: Retirement on Your Birthday May Prove Costly
• Links to other sites

Providing its members with extensive analyses of LLNL salary actions and with ranking information

• Flexible Status Employees vs. Term Appointees
• Plots of Raises and Salaries
• Seniority Graph
• Annual Salary Analysis
• Maturity Curves
  • FY02 Curves (PDF)
  • FY01 Curves (PDF)
  • FY00 Curves (PDF)
  • Other maturity curves
• Salary Curves
  • FYs 99-01 Scurves
  • FYs 87-01 Scurves (PDF)
  • Other salary curves
• Ranking Data

SPSE is a nonprofit labor organization 501(c)5 in the state of California. It is managed by an Executive Board consisting of four officers and ten board members. The Board meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.

• Board Roster - now with biographies
• Meeting Schedule
• Board Member Handbook
• Bylaws
• Constitution

For more information contact spse@spse.org http://www.spse.org Web Design By: Cheryl M. Remillard Last Updated 11/15/01

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