Labor/Employment
Feb. 7, 2009
Livermore Labs Face Age-Discrimination Claims
More than 100 former employees of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are filing anti-discrimination claims against Lawrence Livermore National Security, the private company co-owned by Bechtel Corp. and the University of California that operates the Livermore-based laboratory. They claim they were targeted for layoffs because of their age.
Daily Journal Staff Writer DUBLIN - David Hill, 44, said he felt secure in his job while working as a machinist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 17 years. He was further motivated by an award the laboratory gave him for his work on a new anti-personnel weapon being sent to Iraq. This was just weeks before the nuclear weapons research laboratory laid off Hill and approximately 440 other employees, many of whom are older...
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