Signal International controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2015
Damages award, settlement, and bankruptcy
A jury awarded $14.1 million to five workers, while the company reportedly settled additional claims for $20 million. Signal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy shortly afterward.
2015
Signal International ordered to pay damages in labor-trafficking case
Ruling
Five Indian guest workers were awarded damages by a federal grand jury in a labor-trafficking case. Signal International was responsible for $12.2 million of the settlement, according to the report.
Source excerpt
The workers were defrauded and exploited in a labor trafficking scheme by a gulf coast marine services company, an immigration lawyer and an Indian Labor Recruiter.
Five Indian guest workers have been awarded the money for damages by a federal grand jury.
The company Signal International, which the RSA has an almost $200 million dollar investment in is responsible for $12.2 million of the settlement.
2013
Broader worker litigation
Further lawsuits by dozens and then hundreds of workers expanded the allegations beyond the original plaintiffs and increased the company's legal exposure.
2008
Migrant-worker trafficking and visa-practices allegations
Indian guest workers alleged that Signal recruited them under the H-2B program with promises of good employment and housing, then placed them in overcrowded and closely controlled camps, imposed substantial housing deductions, and violated labor and visa-related obligations.