Punished Contractors List

[Robbien]

Ten companies with U.S. contracts or subcontracts in Iraq have paid more than $300 million in penalties during the past four years.

They include:

Northrop Grumman Corp., whose Vinnell Corp. subsidiary was awarded a $48 million contract to train the new Iraqi Army last year. Northrop Grumman has been penalized $191.7 million in the past four years, including:

_$60 million last year to settle allegations of improper charges on shipbuilding contracts.

_$20 million last year to settle allegations of selling defective equipment to the Navy.

_$111 million last year paid to the Pentagon and NASA to settle alleged overcharges by its TRW subsidiary.

_$750,000 to the Pentagon in 2000 in a case involving allegations of providing faulty replacement parts for the JSTARS airborne surveillance system.

A Northrop Grumman spokesman referred questions to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which said it excludes only companies banned by the federal government.

Lockheed Martin Corp., awarded a subcontract by Bechtel Corp. to provide airport telecommunications in Iraq. Lockheed Martin has been fined $85.5 million in the past four years, including:

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/8524501.htm

it goes on with a very long list. And these are the people BushCo still does business with today

[dArKeR]

1. A little more about Lockheed at home:

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court has blocked a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 800 Redlands residents who claim they were exposed to toxic chemicals in their drinking water.

http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcrights/3coubar3.html



13 of 16 Cabinet Members Have Ties To "Class Action" Targeted Companies

Washington, DC -- A new report, "Class Action Cabinet," released today by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) shows that 13 of 16 Bush Cabinet members have been employed by, served on the board of, or have significant financial interest in corporations that have been targeted by consumer class-action lawsuits. Deliberations on the bill could start as early as tomorrow.

Condoleeza Rice and Andrew Card, top advisors to President Bush, though not part of the Cabinet, were also found to have ties to companies targeted by class action lawsuits as was President Bush himself.

http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/corporate/pr/pr003746.php3



Red-Light Class-Action Lawsuit Filed

According to 10News, more than 150,000 red-light camera tickets have been mailed out to drivers whose cars were photographed by the cameras.

The suit, filed Thursday in San Diego Superior Court, names as defendants, among others, the operator of the program, Lockheed Martin, and the city of San Diego.

http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/news/942962/detail.html



EEOC SEEKS TO JOIN CLASS RACE HARASSMENT SUIT AGAINST DEFENSE GIANT LOCKHEED MARTIN

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today moved to intervene in two private class action lawsuits filed against defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. The suits, brought on behalf of hundreds of salaried and hourly African-American employees, charge that Lockheed harassed black workers, denied them deserved promotions or wages, and retaliated against them for complaining about the discrimination.

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-5-00.html




Silicon Valley African-American wins case against Lockheed

In May, 1996, Jeff Heard won his appeal in his race discrimination case against Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale.

Heard was rated an outstanding employee for years. In 1991, he got a new manager, Joseph Parisi, who against the advice of Human Resources, changed Heard's job duties, and re-ranked Heard from the top to the bottom of 49 employees. The new manager also re-ranked other African-American employees lower. At trial, Heard and other witnesses testified that at Parisi's first meeting with the supervisors of the department, he said that "minorities in the organization are low performers." He said "the management of the organization was all screwed up," referring to a manager who was African-American. Parisi never attended the award ceremonies recognizing Heard and other African-Americans, but he did attend them for Caucasians. Parisi told Heard he was lazy. He told racist jokes at work.

http://www.fairmeasures.com/whatsnew/archive/spring96/new06.html

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. President John Kerry should take Halliburton's and Bechtel's contracts....

away from them when he gets in.

[revcarol]

3. Vinnell is a company of war-mercenaries.

They trained people in Saudi Arabia...very much hated there by the people. Now in Iraq, gotta train them soldiers how to be REAL soldiers...terrible reputation against human rights, along with Dyncorp...WHY THE HELL WOULD WE WANT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS TRAINING ANYONE?

School of the Americas for the Iraqis?

[bobthedrummer]

4. Mercenaries are big political contributors

http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/resources.aspx?act=contrib

And they are making a killing on the awards of the administration of George W. Bush aka The War President
http://www.publicintegrity.org/wow/resources.aspx?act=total

[the Kelly Gang]

5. send the heads of these corporations to Iraq to work..make the

bastards earn their dirty dollars.