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Antoine Dangerfield didn't set out to become a labor leader
The work stoppage centered around two contractors: Material Handling Systems Inc., a Louisville-area contractor that is building the UPS hub, and Contractors Resource Inc., a Texas staffing firm, which Dangerfield said employed him and his co-workers.
The last straw, Dangerfield said, was when the manager in question became angry and forced some Hispanic workers to leave after no one agreed to translate for him during a safety meeting. Dangerfield said the manager had a reputation for treating white workers well, but was "hard on everybody else."
MHS in a statement called the dispute that led to the walk off a matter of "confusion."
Antoine Dangerfield didn't set out to become a labor leader
The work stoppage centered around two contractors: Material Handling Systems Inc., a Louisville-area contractor that is building the UPS hub, and Contractors Resource Inc., a Texas staffing firm, which Dangerfield said employed him and his co-workers.
The last straw, Dangerfield said, was when the manager in question became angry and forced some Hispanic workers to leave after no one agreed to translate for him during a safety meeting. Dangerfield said the manager had a reputation for treating white workers well, but was "hard on everybody else."
MHS in a statement called the dispute that led to the walk off a matter of "confusion."