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Article: Bus Drivers File Class Action Suits Against First Group
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 5, 2009
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To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS
Contact: Shawn Perry of the Amalgamated Transit Union, +1-202-
537-1645, stp@atu.org
Employees Assert Rights under Fair Credit Reporting Act
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, in two
separate class actions, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union
(ATU) filed lawsuits against First Student and First Transit - North
American subsidiaries of First Group plc of Great Britain- for
violation of their legal rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The suits were filed in federal district courts in Illinois.
In each case, workers were summarily dismissed from employment
after First Group subsidiaries hired a vendor to perform a
background check on ...