A former Iron Mountain employee is suing the company after being terminated for wearing a company visor at the July 13 campaign rally for President Donald Trump.

Clarence Stamm, who was employed at the facility in Cherry Township for 10 years, is seeking more than $75,000 in damages for his termination five days after attending Trump’s July 13 rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds. The lawsuit argues his freedoms of speech and assembly were violated, and he was wrongfully terminated. A jury trial is demanded.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday, April 4, on Stamm’s behalf by attorneys Tom King, Tom Breth and Jordan Shuber of Dillion, McCandless, King, Coulter and Graham, and attorney Matthew Fischer in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Pennsylvania.

The lawsuit argues Stamm was terminated because he wore an Iron Mountain sun visor to Trump’s July 13 rally. Stamm could be seen with the visor in the background of media coverage, the lawsuit said.

“Stamm is seeking vindication for the wrongs that were done to him by this company,” King said.

Stamm received texts from friends and his supervisor asking about his safety after the rally, and Stamm sent his supervisor a photo of him being seen on TV wearing the visor. The messages between them were cited in his termination letter, according to the lawsuit.

“Clarence, this behavior is considered unprofessional and unacceptable and in direct violation of Iron Mountain policies, especially the Code of Conduct and Core Values,” Iron Mountain leadership said, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit said Iron Mountain, which operates as a state actor, encourages employees to wear its promotional merchandise at public events, activities and causes sponsored or supported by the company, and there is no policy specifying the time, place or manner merchandise can be worn.

According to the lawsuit, Iron Mountain’s policy says the company is committed to keeping the political activities of its employees separate from company business.

The lawsuit further argues the company encourages employees to use paid volunteer hours to help their communities and support causes close to them. It argues Stamm is the only employee who has been terminated as a result of wearing promotional merchandise in the community.

It also referenced Iron Mountain’s Code of Ethics which includes diversity and inclusion and includes a photo of individuals wearing Iron Mountain pride T-shirts at a pride parade, according to the lawsuit. King said Iron Mountain encourages employee involvement in community activities including working polls.

“You can’t encourage your employees to do everything but go to a Donald Trump rally,” said King, who also serves as general counsel for the Republican Party of Pennsylvania. He said the nature of civil rights cases requires attorneys to tackle a variety of political topics.