"This type of behavior is not tolerated in my organization," Finley said. "I expect my employees to treat everyone with dignity and respect, and this was unacceptable. This individual no longer works for my organization."

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"I think we forget sometimes that people experiencing homelessness are just like you and I," Tasha Gray of the Homeless Action Network of Detroit told the Free Press. "We have working families who just don't have enough means to make ends meet. I like to tell my staff that we're one missed paycheck away from homelessness."

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“Our members cannot be bought off,” General President Sean O’Brien said in a social media statement, calling UPS' offers “illegal and haphazard.” (Hyosub Shin/AJC 2023)

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