Allied Universal Accused of Classwide Wage Theft, Race Bias (1)

Security services giant Allied Universal is accused in a new class lawsuit of cheating workers out pay and assigning black officers to less lucrative posts.

Akeya Griffith filed the case against Allied Universal Security Services LLC and subsidiary Universal Protection Services LLC in federal court July 25 on behalf of herself and similarly situated workers. Both companies do business as Allied Universal, she says.

Allied Universal security officers, agents, guards, professionals, supervisors, and managers, as well as operations assistants in New York have been underpaid for their regular hours and overtime for the last six years, Griffith charges. The illegal ...