On behalf of the more than 3,000 female employees of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, six women filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against what they say are discriminatory hiring and promoting policies. Wired News delivered to your inbox or hand-held device.
Scientific teams conduct research there on global security, global ecology, and biological science.
Mary Singleton, Shirley Rogers Jennings, Katherine Fritz, Gloria Glasscox, Maura Spragge, and Janelle Spann are asking to regain all the pay they lost as a result of the lab's allegedly discriminatory practices, and to have the employment policies changed. If the courts find in favor of the plaintiffs, the lab could be forced to reimburse all of the 3,000 women in its employ. Lab director Bruce Tarter is also named in the suit. Singleton, one of the plaintiffs, said Tarter has been unreceptive to the women's complaints, and has undone whatever progress was made under the former director, John Nuckolls. Send it .