Lumber-handlers and truck drivers, all members of Teamsters Local 1205, dared to stand up and ask for more than their unjustly low wages....I heard some of these courageous men speak at a large rally, attended by neighbors, community leaders, and representatives of many different unions.
....The owners of this lumberyard are despicable--after squeezing profit out of the hard work of their employees, kicking them out when they want nothing more than a decent share of the wealth they created with their own labor!
....As an anthropologist, I did field work with a cannibalistic people in the mountains of New Guinea. I often saw more fellow-feeling in them than the [owners] have for the working people of Brooklyn.
