Peterbilt controversies
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2021
U.S. Department of Labor sues Paccar over worker firing
Lawsuit filed
The U.S. Department of Labor filed a civil suit against Paccar over the 2020 firing of a Peterbilt Motors worker who had publicly questioned COVID-19 safety procedures. The suit alleges retaliation and seeks back wages, reinstatement or job-search pay, and damages. These are allegations, not a court determination.
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The suit seeks to have Carey reimbursed with interest on his lost wages and benefits from the time of his firing; reinstate him or pay him to search for another job; and expunge his personnel and other company records of the circumstances surrounding his improper firing.
The civil suit was filed last Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. It claims that Peterbilt, a subsidiary of Bellevue, Washington-based Paccar (NASDAQ: PCAR), fired Aaron Carey on March 20, 2020, a day after he emailed the Chamber of Commerce to ask what was being done to address COVID concerns in the Peterbilt plant with 2,000 employees.