Dallas Class Action Details Oil Giant's Illegal Labor Practices
$100 Million Sought in Back Pay and Damages Under Federal and State Laws
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) , one of the nation's largest gas station operators, has been cheating thousands of its hourly employees out of millions of dollars in overtime wages for years charges a class action lawsuit filed today by Sanford Wittels & Heisler, LLP in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco). The suit describes how Valero - the 10th largest company on the Fortune 500 list -- underpays employees who work in its nearly 6,000 "Corner Stores," which sell gas and snacks to customers across the U.S. under the brand names Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon, and Stop N Go, said Weinberg Law Firm, Labor Lawyer Dallas.