Chicago, IL: An unpaid wages class action lawsuit has been filed by John Garecht, who worried as a driver for a high-speed rail project funded in part through federal "stimulus"funds.
Garecht filed the lawsuit against defendant Professional Transportation Inc, and Ronald D. Romain, alleging they failed to adequately pay him for the work he did. Specifically, he claims that while working for the defendant, which was contracted for the Illinois high-speed rail project, part of his job required he provide ground transportation services to the Union Pacific Railroad for a public works project designed to allow passenger trains to travel between St. Louis and Chicago at speeds of up to 110 miles per hour.
Due to federal funding supplied for the project, via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, all employees associated with it should have been paid the same wages as public employees for the county in which they worked, the complaint states. Garecht alleges he did not receive sufficient funds.
Garecht is seeking class certification and statutory damages of 2 percent per month of the wages due to him and other similarly situated plaintiffs, pre-judgment interest, attorneys' fees and other relief the court deems just.
He is being represented by Joel A. Kunin and Mark M. Silvermintz of The Kunin Law Offices in Collinsville.
