• A grievance procedure that really works, with enforceable deadlines and procedural integrity
• Seniority as a basis for layoffs, rather than subjective or arbitrary factors
• An end to discrimination in the workplace based on race, sex, age, veteran status and sexual orientation, including discrimination in layoff and sex-based wage discrimination
• A workplace free of fear of retaliation ­ for whistleblowing, for organizing, for filing grievances, for raising health and safety concerns, and for speaking up about problems at LANL
• Decent wages that reflect the responsibility and complexity of our jobs, and salary increases that are awarded fairly ­ without favoritism, discrimination, or retaliation

• Print out the UPTE Membership Application Form.
• Fill out the form and sign it in the lower right corner where indicated.
• Mail it to: UPTE Local 1663, 1907 Central Ave, Suite 209, Los Alamos, NM 87544
• Send via LANL Inter-Office Mail to: Cathy Chapman, MS H838.
  
  

2. LANL Salary Disparity Settlement Beneficiaries

3. UPTE Makes a Difference

• Message from Manny (related correspondence)
  
• The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations
  
• The Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons (AARP) to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
  
• Mercer Human Resource Consulting to U.S. Senate
  
• DOE to Senator Bingman

4. UCRP Complaint: Lawsuit filed

5. Legality of Charges for LANL Employees and Retirees

• Pension Plan Legal Memo to Jelger Kalmijn

6. University of California Retirement Plan Source Document

• UCRP Source Document (Sep-2004)
• UCRP Summary Discription Plan Caveat
• Note: UPTE's charter now admits retirees as members

7. Letters from the Local

• UPTE-Los Alamos is an advocate for LANL workers
• November 14, 2005
• December 08, 2005

8. Letters to Officials

• Letter to Dr. Dynes and UC from Ambassador Linton Brooks
• Letter to Secretary Bodman from Senators Bingaman and Domenici

9. New LANL Contract Documents

10. UPTE/HRT Class Action Lawsuit

• Press Release
• Complaint

11. UC Contract Petition Drive

• UPTE comments to LANL draft RFP
  
  
• Comments submitted by UPTE at LANL to the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Use of Competitive Procedures for DOE Laboratories on August 4th, 2003.
  
  
• Joint Statement (Press Release) February 13th, 2003: The Union of Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE-CWA 9119) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and the UPTE affiliate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) the Society of Professional Scientists and Engineers (SPSE) announce their support for the continuation of the University of California (UC) management of their laboratories.
  
  
• YOUR URGENT ACTION IS REQUESTED. Email from Theresa Connaughton (02/20/03)
  
  
• PETITION FORM (PDF Format)
  
  
• How to SEND LETTERS to the NM Congressional Delegation memberson their websites
  
  
• Testimony before the Committee on Oversight of the DOE National Laboratories of the California State Senate by Manny Trujillo (Los Alamos) and Sue Byars (SPSE-UPTE Livermore).
  
  
• Additional Concerns and Comments on the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the LANL Contract
  To: Tyler Przybylek, Chairman of the Source Evaluation Board
  From: Coalition for LANL Excellence (CLE)

12. Articles of Interest

• Albert Einstein, Union Member.
• Albert Einstein's " For an Organization of Intellectual Workers" is an essay that was published in Einstein's book, Out of My Later Years (New York: Philosophical Library, 1950).  It was originally sent to the National Wartime Conference in May, 1944.