LOS ANGELES – A Southern California employer is accused of failing to pay contributions to labor union funds.
Trustees of the Union Roofers Supplemental Annuity Trust, et al. filed a complaint on April 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division against Klondike Construction Services Inc., doing business as Klondike Roof Construction Service and also known as Klondike Contracting, and Does 1 through 10 citing the Labor-Management Relations Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that they suffered damages due to unpaid contributions. The plaintiffs holds Klondike Construction Services Inc. and Does 1 through 10 responsible because the defendants allegedly breached their agreement with the plaintiff by failing to make their fringe benefit contributions on behalf of their employees.
The plaintiffs seek contributions in the sum of $369,867.12, liquidated damages in the sum of 10 percent, audit costs of $8,084.96, interest at the rate of 7 percent per annum, all legal fees, and any other relief as this court deems just. They are represented by Jodi Siegner of DeCarlo & Shanley in Los Angeles.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division Case number 2:17-cv-02646-DSF-GJS