Word: supervisors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This seems like such blatant anti-union propaganda," says one supervisor who claimed that the data in the book presented only the worst union contracts and statistics. "It is full of half truths...
Over intersession, the dining area adjacent to the Union's main dining hall was closed as the room's venetian blinds were replaced by drapes, an indoor-outdoor green carpet was installed, and the interior was repainted, said Michael Sidabrias, the supervisor of the Union staff. Workers brought in plants on February 3, and future plans include putting up a chandelier, Sidabrias said...
Sylvia Robins is a former systems engineer for Unisys, a subcontractor that develops much of the computer software in Houston used to control virtually every switch and nozzle on the complex space vehicle. Two years ago, she was a highly rated section supervisor in charge of managing the software that had been updated to reflect changes in the shuttle's mission and design. In March 1986, two months after the Challenger tragedy, she was approached for help by software experts at Rockwell International, the shuttle's prime contractor. They asked her to find out whether Unisys had an adequate system...
Robins says that in September 1986 her supervisor met with several employees in her section and asked them to claim that she had called staff meetings after work hours without authorizing overtime pay. They were told at a second meeting, she says, to submit slips to document the alleged overtime. One employee, Ria Solomon, refused, protesting that there had been no unauthorized late meetings. Solomon contends that she was then harassed by her supervisors and was fired last...
Other shuttle engineers have expressed similar concerns. A former Rockwell quality-assurance engineer says that an audit he conducted of Rockwell's shuttle hardware and software last July revealed that only 12% met NASA's contract specifications. The day after submitting his report, he contends, his supervisor told him that "we had to change the figure to 96% or better." He refused. Five weeks later he was suspended and then later fired...