Most of us are pretty proud to see Old Glory flying high above rising construction across the county. It seems now she’s being threatened by some corporations who don’t want to see the stars and strips flying over their construction sites. But never fear. You don’t mess with our flag and you don’t mess with iron workers who love their country.
A group of ironworkers and riggers working in Louisiana have been told to remove American flags from their trucks or be terminated.
The decree came from those in charge of the CF Industries fertilizer plant expansion in Donaldsonville, La., on Thursday.
The outraged crew, consisting of Jarome Hatch, Jim Lovel, Trevor Lewis, Robert Griffiths, Cody Johnson and Daryl McEntyre, went to work Friday prepared to lose their jobs but not willing to remove their flags.
**Warning: strong language**
“If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything,” Hatch told BizPac Review. “We are absolutely prepared to lose our jobs to defend the flag, even though what we are doing is nothing compared to (the military) who defend it.”
The men, who are subcontractors for Industrial Piping Incorporated, said they’ve been on the job for months with the flags on their vehicles and no one ever asked for them to be removed until yesterday.
