PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon based T.P. Freight Lines abruptly notified its employees on August 4 that they were immediately suspending all operations and that employees were not to report to work until further notice, according to a news release from Teamsters Joint Council 37. T.P. Freight also failed to make payroll on August 5, the union said, amounting to at least two weeks of previously earned and now unpaid wages to its employees.
T.P. Freight has been in business in Oregon since 1922 and came under new ownership in June 2025. The purported owner of T.P. Freight is Mohamed Hegab.
“It is not clear if Hegab has any experience running a trucking company, and he is claimed to be faculty at the California State University – Northridge,” the union stated…