Former Arrow truckers launch class action suit

Former Arrow Trucking workers launch class action suit
01/04/2010


TULSA, Okla. -- Over 1,000 former employees of bankrupt Arrow Trucking have filed a class action lawsuit for the manner in which the carrier ended operations.

Some drivers were left stranded across the U.S. days before Christmas when the flatbed carrier abruptly cancelled fuel cards and closed up shop without any notice to workers.

Daimler Truck Financial and Navistar offered drivers of their financed equipment bus tickets home, but many had too many personal belongings to take home or ran into complications, local media reports.

Philadelphia firm of Klehr Harrison Harvey Bransburg LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of 1,400 former employees of the company.

Arrow Trucking suddenly ceased operations on Dec. 21. It immediately laid off all 1400 employees without notice, turned off the phones, and shut down its website.

Reportedly, the final blow to the embattled company occurred when Transportation Alliance Bank of Ogden, Utah, froze the company's fuel cards and operating capital.

The suit alleges violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act for the company's failure to give 60 days notice before closing, and for bouncing paychecks.