Update: UPS Pays $254,000 to Fired Whistleblower
March 23, 2008 – 5:40 pmDaniel Peterson of Redwood will collect more than a quarter of a million dollars in damages after the company and Peterson reached a settlement in a lawsuit he filed last year. United Package Smashers previously wrote about the incident here. Peterson, a UPS Mechanic, was fired after he put unsafe trucks out of service against management’s orders. In the terms of the settlement, UPS admitted no guilt, will pay $254,000.00 to Peterson, will post OSHA Whistle Blower Fact Sheets and will not prevent whistle blowers from coming forward in the future. The Department of Labor made the settlement public on March 19th, 2008.