Advance Auto Parts Advance fired long time employees on bogus reasons. Roanoke, Virginia

I worked for Advance for 15 years. I was a store manager, Division Manager, & commercial sales. Because of my experience I was given a DM that was intimadated by my experience he was allowed to threaten me daily until he finally fired me for a practice that was done on a daily basis through out the company. I am female and he wanted another man to run my store! Since my termination I have found out the company has fired most all of the employees that were coming up on retirement age. Advance also terminated my insurance 2 hours after my termination! THIS is a common practice for Advance as it has happened to numerous employees since me. They have even cut some peoples insurance a day prior to their termination. Advance was a great company when Mr. Taubman owned and ran it, but since he left it is TRASH! Whomever thinks it is a good place to work is badly mistaken. I was told by a competitors DM he couldn't hire me because their inside person in Advance's HR dept. told him everything in my personel file!!! How illegal is that???I could not get a job because Advance gave out private information about me to prospective employers. They need to be stopped!