UE Service Center Workers

After days of discussion and debate, UE Local 1008 members who work for Northrop Grumman, SPS, and Stanley voted on Tuesday and Wednesday to ratify the companies' "last, best and final" contract offers.

If members of UE Local 1008 vote to ratify the proposed agreement then bargaining in California for Stanley and Northrop Grumman may have concluded.

On August 21st Vermont Service Center workers gathered with Bernie Sanders during shift change in the parking lot near the Tabor Building.

On August 20th U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to USCIS Chief of Service Center Operations Barbara Velarde addressing issues at the Vermont and California Service Centers.

Northrop Grumman held an "ethics" themed poster contest. UE Local 208 Northrop Grumman employees created their own submissions to the contest. Check out all the creative posters by UE members.

On August 18th Susan Hunter (NG negotiating committee), Jeanette Weiland (NG), and Frankie Hayes (Stanley) were joined by community leaders and elected representatives to visit the USCIS regional office in South Burlington.

On August 14 and 15th, the west coast Negotiating Committee of Northrop Grumman met with the Company and reached agreement on a number of outstanding issues.

Four UE Local 1008 members went to visit Senator Barbara Boxer's office in Los Angeles on Friday, August 15th to follow up on the May 5th letter she signed demanding that a fair and equitable contract be settled by the companies by August 1st.