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The sound of construction work halting at UPS' Plainfield hub: 'We rise together, homie!'
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3677632" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/money/2018/08/13/how-construction-strike-ups-hub-plainfield-shows-future-labor/922521002/" target="_blank"><strong>The sound of construction work halting at UPS' Plainfield hub: 'We rise together, homie!' - Indy Star</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Antoine Dangerfield didn't set out to become a labor leader</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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."</p><p></p><p>MHS in a statement called the dispute that led to the walk off a matter of "confusion."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3677632, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.indystar.com/story/money/2018/08/13/how-construction-strike-ups-hub-plainfield-shows-future-labor/922521002/'][B]The sound of construction work halting at UPS' Plainfield hub: 'We rise together, homie!' - Indy Star[/B][/URL] 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." [/QUOTE]
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