“NMC strives to maintain its quality system through employee involvement and a commitment to quality and service.” So sayeth Northside Machine Company’s website. One of the parts maker’s ex-employees begs to differ. In court. “A former employee of an Indiana defense contractor [Andrew T. Pool] has filed a whistleblower lawsuit claiming the company ordered him to approve parts for machine guns used by U.S. troops that didn’t meet quality standards, and that he was fired for complaining about it,” The Chicago Tribune reports. NMC produced the trigger assemblies in question, purchased by FN Manufacturing for their M240 and M249 machine guns, supplied to the U.S. Army and used in the War on Terror. Uh-oh . . .
