Covid, Weapons Texts Cannot Back Whistleblower Claim, Judge Says

The Department of Labor failed to prove a security guard was illegally fired for raising Covid health and gun safety concerns, a Texas federal judge ruled.

The agency didn’t show that two text messages the VRP Group Inc. guard Craig Guydan shared on a group chat that was visible to hundreds of co-workers were protected by the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s whistleblower provisions, Judge Michael Truncale of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas said in June 28 order.

The text messages were short: “Corona virus?” and “Secure weapons storage?”

“Neither message is a full ...