WARRENTON/EUGENE, OREGON — Employees of TP Freight Lines, an Oregon trucking company that had been operating for more than a century, arrived at work on the morning of August 4 to find the locks had been changed and a lien placed on the properties. The next day, the company failed to make payroll. Now workers are filing unemployment claims while the Teamsters union that represented them pursues class action grievances, wage theft claims, and more.
TP Freight Lines notified employees of the closure on August 4 and immediately shuttered its Warrenton and Eugene, Oregon locations. According to a Teamsters press release, the company was already behind on employee health care premiums and contributions to employee benefit accounts before the closure, leaving workers without health insurance for more than a month prior to the shutdown.
TP Freight had been operating in Oregon since 1922. The company was sold in June 2025 to a California resident identified in the press release as Mohamed Hegab. The Teamsters noted that it is not clear whether Hegab has any experience running a trucking company, and that he is claimed to be faculty at California State University Northridge.
Workers are now pursuing unemployment insurance claims. The Teamsters are pursuing multiple class action grievances and wage theft claims on their behalf.
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