This petition was seen by approximately 220 X Division Q-cleared employees and signed by 165. This could be interpreted as a good sign for the future of employee-employer relations at the Laboratory, or simply as a measure of the extent of the outrage over the polygraphing issue.
Related issues do exist.
For example, during the past many weeks, several X Division Q-cleared employees have lost their clearances for unexplained reasons. These are pressing questions in the minds of many people in X Division. Of course, this last approach takes time and effort and might be unsatisfying. Alternately, a team of problem solvers working together could be mutually supporting and may be more likely to arrive at a solution acceptable to both themselves and to others. Their deliberations would take place outside the view of and uncontrolled by senior management.