SAN FRANCISCO – A San Jose licensed general contractor is alleged to have failed to permit labor groups to conduct an audit per the terms of their bargaining agreement.
Board of trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California; board of trustees of the Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Northern California, et al. filed a complaint on April 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Atondo Trenching Inc. alleging breach of collective bargaining agreement.
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that they suffered damages due to unpaid and late paid contributions from the defendant. The plaintiffs holds Atondo Trenching Inc. responsible because the defendant allegedly breached its bargaining agreement by failing to pay benefit contributions on behalf of their employees and failing to allow the plaintiffs to conduct an audit.
The plaintiffs seek all damages, unpaid contributions, interest, liquidated damages, audit and any other relief as the court deems just. They are represented by Ronald L. Richman and Susan J. Olson of Bullivant Houser Bailey PC in San Francisco.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Case number 3:17-cv-02009-LB