Thread: Protest at city fire station construction site enters second

ANDERSON — Civil unrest escalated Thursday while protesters stood outside the construction site of a city fire station and said the workers on the project were not documented as legal United States residents.

Chad Summerall, the owner of Summerall Masonry Inc. in Anderson, organized the protest on Simpson Road and asked a half-dozen people to hold up signs. He is frustrated because he thinks companies have been relying on illegal immigrants to push bids so low his company cannot compete.

Officials for the fire station project have said that the workers are documented as legal residents.

Summerall said that two truckloads of Hispanics drove by protesters on Thursday and angrily asked the protesters to meet them down the street.

He also said that a plumber working on the fire station site told the protesters to “go to McDonald’s and get a job.â€

[quote]However, Berrios did not dispute the charge that there may be illegal immigrants on the site.

“Everybody knows there are illegal aliens on every job site there is,â€

Uh oh...I think I posted this in the wrong place. Anyone know how to move it?

I've walked on more than a few picket lines here during my 33 years in construction and my Union only protests the fact that the job is being done non-union. I questioned why we didn't protest that many of the workers were obviously Illegal Aliens. My Business Agent said "We don't do that."

It wasn't until I was older that it dawned on me that the reason he said that was because my union takes in Illegal Aliens! I am proud to be a Unionist but by fighting to make may union more responsible I've become an outcast and am usually the last hired and first fired. Stubborn Ratbastard that I am I will not change my views just to 'fit in'.