PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A longtime Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) employee is taking his supervisors to court over claims that he’s being retaliated against for publicly criticizing the agency’s handling of a pension settlement.
Robert Tassoni, who works as a highway maintenance field operations superintendent, filed a whistleblower lawsuit last month accusing RIDOT chief of staff John Igliozzi, as well as his supervisors Norman Marzano and Glenn Cabral, of violating his First Amendment rights.
The lawsuit claims Tassoni was punished for questioning RIDOT’s minimal contributions to the retirement fund created by the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 1033…