He says Firestone forced his transfer, skipped his raises, and pushed him out after he spoke up
A Missouri auto technician says he was forced to transfer, underpaid while training his white colleagues, and fired after complaining to the EEOC.
The lawsuit, Dieckmann v. Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC, No. 4:26-cv-00792, was filed on May 19, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiff, Eeveon Dieckmann, who identifies as African American and Native American, worked as a technician at a Firestone Complete Auto Care store before his termination on November 27, 2025. He is suing for race and national origin discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation under Title VII.
The story, as Dieckmann tells it, begins in February 2025. He says Bridgestone gave him a choice: transfer to the Florissant, Missouri store or lose his job. Sweetening the deal, the company allegedly told him he could interview for a management role at the new location. He interviewed, he says, and he was qualified. He was denied the role and offered only a technician position. When he later spoke with the man who had supposedly conducted the interview, that person, according to the filing, said he had no recollection of the interview ever happening.
What followed, Dieckmann claims, was a steady accumulation of slights. Under a new supervisor identified in the filing only as "Joe," he says he was assigned to train Caucasian employees who were paid more per...
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