It's official! My U.S. Dept. of Labor ARB appellate brief was accepted! 

You can read the final Ashley Gjovik v Apple Inc, Superfund whistleblower, appellate brief here.

​The U.S. Dept. of Labor ARB also issued an Order formally approving the appeal request and issuing a briefing schedule. I filed a Notice of Pendency in the civil lawsuit for our Case Mgmt Conference tomorrow. You can read the full Order in the filing here.

The recording of my LaborFest 2024 talk about Apple, hazardous waste, semiconductor fab, & workplace safety is now posted! Check it out! 

From the YouTube description:

"Apple in Santa Clara has illegally built a fabrication facility next to residential apartments in Santa Clara and has flagrantly violated EPA and other local and state  regulations in the operation of this facility. Ashley M. Gjøvik is a former Apple senior engineering program manager who  discovered that her office was above a contaminated dump site that was allowing fumes to enter the office and that her home was also located next to the illegal  Apple fabrication facility that was contaminating the Santa Clara neighborhood. When she blew the whistle she was targeted and terrorized by Apple in order to shut her down. She is now fighting Apple in Federal Court and filed a  RICO suit against Apple for its illegal activities. She also discovered that the oversight agencies which are supposed to protect her and the public have been captured by Apple and the corporations that they are supposed to be regulating. This presentation was made on July 21, 2024 as part of LaborFest.net which commemorates the 1934 San Francisco general strike  during the month of July and was also sponsored by WorkWeek. 

On March 27 2024, the US Department of Labor OALJ Administrative Law Judge issued an order setting the trial date for my Superfund / CERCLA whistleblower trial.

"This case arises from a complaint filed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA” or “the Act”), 42 U.S.C § 9610, and the implementing regulations found at 29 C.F.R. Part 24. The case has been assigned to...  U.S. Department of Labor, for hearing and decision.... A virtual formal hearing in the above-captioned proceeding will commence at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time during the week of March 3, 2025..."

View the order below.

On January 19 2024, Gjovik's CERCLA/Superfund whistleblower retaliation case was docketed with the US. Dept. of Labor Office of Administrative Law Judges as Ashley Gjovik v Apple Inc, 2024-CER-00001 and assigned to the Boston court house.

​View PDF of docketing order.2PD42024-CER-00001-CER-00001

On January 8 2024, Ashley Gjovik appealed her US Department of Labor CERCLA charge to the US Department of Labor Office of Administrative Judges and requested a de novo hearing on the record. 

View the request here: gjovik.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/US-DOL-OALJ-Gjovik-v-Apple-CERCLA-RCRA-CAA.pdf

Ashley also requested an amendment to add RCRA and Clean Air Act charges as well, to capture what Apple did to her with their secret semiconductor fab exhaust in 2020.

On August 29 2021, Ashley filed a charge with the U.S. Department of Labor Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Program. 

The case is: Apple Inc/Gjovik/9-3290-22-051