I saw this earlier - didn't know it was a thing, but sounds pretty fun.

I thought I heard that he found another job already before being asked back...so who knows maybe he had one foot out the door already when it came to moving on from Ford.    Just as an example of workplace law-I had a friend sit on a jury last year-guy got fired from a school district that had a medical condition that he mentioned to his supervisors as he was hired, in writing. It wasn't anything terrible or life threating. Sometimes he would call out of work (and had sick time to cover it) because of it.    Anyways he was terminated from his job before making tenure...but the whole situation didn't sit right.   The lawyer did discovery-come to find out that the school district employees had a nickname they where using in official emails for him and other things where going on.    The guy got paid afterwards, but apparently my friend was telling me that one of his other friends said it had to go to court like 3-4 times because of various reasons within the court system, so it wasn't like it was an overnight pay out either. 

To me, if you are offered your job back along with back pay, you don't deserve a settlement.  They realized the mistake and tried to make it right, but you said no.  So you're just greedy and looking for an easy way out.  F U!   Put me on the jury!

Sounds like the original guy (the one that was offered reinstatement plus back pay but declined) is intending to sue Ford and Aramark.  The 4th one filed a grievance.  From other sources and youtube videos covering this, it sounds like the kiosks will beep indicating that the transaction was good but may never process and often people walk away after it beeps without waiting for the final approval screen.  And that it has been an ongoing issue that Aramark is aware of but hasn't fixed.  It sounds mostly like it is an Aramark issue and a Ford Management issue by firing people, when they knew or should have known, that the kiosks were prone to malfunction without an obvious indicator to the user.  Pretty sure the lawsuit discovery will ask for communication internally and between Aramark and Ford about these issues.  The lawsuit will be for emotional distress and lost wages.  Even though the first guy refused to return to work, the claim would be that he couldn't because of a hostile work environment, and why would you, they fired you already so you know management doesn't have your back and is itching to get rid of people.  Guy will likely end up with a sizable settlement and an offer for early full retirement.

You are correct, I misstated that. 

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/first-drive-2026-ford-maverick-sv300t-turbo   “The Ford Maverick SV300T. That jumble of letters and numbers represents a package of parts that transforms any 2025 or 2026 Ford Maverick with the turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four engine and all-wheel drive into a rowdy, barking 300-horsepower sport truck that’s way more fun than the Lobo. The way it accelerates, the way it sounds, the way it moves—the SV300T is what we dreamed of when Ford first announced its little sport truck.”

Ahhh, I forgot about those.  You don't haul kids though...they use them in my truck.

I think he was meaning to say if it had been built in the US, rather than China, he'd have gone that way.

It was never built in the US

I still have 4 cupholders.  There are 2 on the rear of the console.