My Boss Fired Me After 10 Years of Running Payroll for 12,000 Workers—72 Hours Later, 1,237 Employees Had No Paycheck

were shaking slightly.

Not because I regretted what I had said.

Because I knew that somewhere across four states, workers were trying to understand why the wages they had earned were not in their accounts.

And I couldn’t stop thinking about them.

Chapter Six: The First Union Deadline

At 1:30 p.m., Marcus Hill sent a formal written request to Granite’s human resources and labor-relations departments.

He wanted a list of affected employees, confirmation of the amounts owed, a timetable for correction, and an explanation of the company’s plan