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Frank Cali, Reputed
Black UPS Workers Believes The Company Allows Racism To Go Unchecked
Nineteen UPS workers filed a lawsuit against the company on Wednesday for not interfering with racist acts within their ranks.
According to CNN, the law- suit that was filed at Lucas County Court in Ohio says that managers and supervisors al- lowed the hateful and racially discriminatory attacks to happen in the Maumee, Ohio distribu- tion facility.
Workers allege not only did some people openly said the N- word, but a noose was hung above an African-American em- ployee’s workstation. Someone also dressed a monkey doll up as an employee and placed it around a common area in the center.
Workers, including those who have worked for UPS for around two decades, say that they felt “fear, anger and disgust to dismay” because the company failed to intervene properly.
“UPS has no tolerance for hate, bigotry or prejudice,” Glenn Zaccara, UPS Director of Corporate Media Relations told CNN. “The company has strict policies against harassment and discrimination. We will not com- ment further on pending mat- ters.”
The lawsuit includes various incidents that workers experi- enced.
On one occasion in July 2016, a worker said in the law- suit that white coworkers wrote in a group text message about winning the lotteries contained “racially driven” and “offensive” messages. Some included: ” “Can we buy another noose with the winnings,” and “LikeClint East- wood said, ‘Hang ’em High.'”
Lawyers said the incident was reported to management in the lawsuit, but no further ac- tions were taken. The white coworkers said their comments were a “joke.”
IN MEMORY OF OUR ANGEL
TERRENCE T. NICHOLS, SR. 3/6/1968 — 3/12/2001
Although you can’t be here with us, we’re truly not apart; until the final breath we take, you’ll always live in our hearts.
You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure. Forever thinking of you, your loving children: Antwan, Terrence, Jr., Terrencia, and granddaughter, Makayah.
Gambino Crime Family Boss,
Francesco "Frank" Cali, the reputed leader of the Gambino crime family, was shot to death outside his house in Staten Island on Wednesday night, in a killing that echoes Mafia murders of the 1980s.
Gambino crime family boss Frank Cali shot and killed outside Staten Island home.
Is Killed In N.Y. Attack
The New York Police De- partment says that at 9:17 p.m. ET, officers received a 911 call reporting an assault in progress in front of Cali's house.
"Upon arrival, officers found a 53-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso," the police said in a statement sent to NPR. Cali was taken to Staten Island University Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead.
No arrests have been made
in the shooting, police said. Photos from the scene showed officers working around Cali's SUV on Wednesday night, with shell casings marked by overturned plastic cups. Witnesses told New York media outlets that they heard a number of shots before a blue pickup truck fled
the area.
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