March 6, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Associated Press, March 5, 2018) SEATTLE — A panel of judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $1.25 million verdict awarded in 2015 to a railroad whistleblower who claimed he was retaliated against and fired for reporting safety violations...
January 23, 2017 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, January 20, 2017) LINCOLN, Neb. — A former BNSF Railway employee from Iowa has won more than $1 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit. Daniel Monohon, who lives in Iowa but is based out of BNSF in Lincoln, was fired in 2014 for what...
January 23, 2017 | Amtrak, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Connecticut Post, January 19, 2017) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A longtime Amtrak employee who lost his job after raising concerns about railroad safety, fraud and abuse involving a railroad contractor has been reinstated and awarded a $892,551 settlement. The order...
January 20, 2017 | Amtrak, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, January 18, 2017) BOSTON — The National Railroad Passenger Corp., better known as Amtrak, retaliated against a supervisory special agent in its inspector general’s office when he raised...
January 16, 2017 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, December 28, 2016) DENVER — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that BNSF Railway Company violated federal law...
December 21, 2016 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 20, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a three-month delay caused by a federal court in Texas, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s anti-retaliation rule took effect this month. The...
August 5, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line, Whistleblower
(Source: Associated Press, August 4, 2016) FARGO, N.D. — Two men who worked for a North Dakota railroad say they were wrongly fired after they testified for a fellow employee who was injured on the job. They have filed federal whistleblower lawsuits against...
June 21, 2016 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 20, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Faced with frequent employer retaliation against whistleblowing workers who expose job safety and health violations and other workplace hazards, the Occupational Safety...
June 8, 2016 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) press release, June 1, 2016) SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Federal workplace safety and health inspectors have cited a Steuben County rail manufacturing and repair service facility for 17...
June 2, 2016 | BNSF, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: KPUG, June 1, 2016) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A former railroad conductor awarded more than 1.5 million dollars after BNSF fired him, now he’s speaking out. Full story: www.kpug1170.com
