The District of Columbia’s Metro system is countersuing a union who is fighting to reinstate a subway inspector after he allegedly falsified an inspection report that resulted in the smoke disaster at the L’Enfant Plaza station. The tragedy resulted in one death and over a dozen injuries. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 argues that the mechanic was wrongfully fired and blamed the company for taking responsibility away from inspectors who verified the falsified inspection report. Metro is now countersuing because it believes that terminating the employee was well within their rights, as well as rejecting an arbitrator’s decision to suspend the employee for 180 days without pay.
See "Metro fights union lawsuit to reinstate L’Enfant Plaza tunnel inspector", Martine Powers, The Washington Post, August 22, 2016