Multiple lawsuits alleging wage theft and misclassification have been filed against construction companies working on projects for Prince George’s County Public Schools.
A September lawsuit filed against four contractors alleged that at least 10 workers working on plumbing services for the construction of William Wirt Middle School were misclassified or not paid their full wages. Another lawsuit filed by five workers in February accused several contractors working on the construction of Hyattsville Middle School of wage theft.
Some of the projects are part of PGCPS’ Capital Improvement Program. The program plans to construct or modernize multiple county schools by 2028, including William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale. The school has been under construction since summer 2021 and is scheduled to be completed in fall 2024.
In January 2022, Nelson Diaz started working as a plumber for the William Wirt Middle School construction project under contractor City Wide Mechanical LLC — a plumbing and mechanical services contractor serving the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., area.
Diaz, along with nine others, filed a lawsuit in September against four contractors, including City Wide. According to the lawsuit, Diaz claimed he should have legally been paid the prevailing wage — the hourly rate of wages and benefits based on location and trade issued by the Maryland Department of Labor— of $63.61 per hour.
But Diaz said that he was only receiving $30 an hour — less than half...
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