One of San Francisco's labor unions filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the city saying their members have been targeted for blowing the whistle on corruption. It's all part of the scandal that took down the city's former head of the Department of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru.
SAN FRANCISCO - One of San Francisco's labor unions filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the city saying their members have been targeted for blowing the whistle on corruption.
It's all part of the scandal that took down the city's former head of the Department of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru.
Every day a small army of city workers from the Department of Public Works and the Public Utilities Commission work to keep the streets clean. But now Laborer's Union 261, which represents them, has filed a lawsuit against San Francisco saying they were systematically targeted and harassed because their leadership spoke up about corruption.
"261 blew the whistle, things happened, people got investigated by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, and now 261 has taken the brunt of that in the form of retaliation," said attorney Angela Alioto.
Workers say starting in 2018 they raised red flags when they saw contracts awarded to friends and family of the then head of the DPW, Mohammed Nuru. Nuru has since pleaded guilty to corruption charges.
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