Dozens of workers protested outside the construction site of an Amazon distribution facility in Kenosha on Friday.WISN 12 News reporter Mike Anderson said 40 to 50 union workers from Millwright and carpenter unions picketed at the entrances to protest a contractor's decision to bring non-union workers to the site.VIDEO: Union picket at new Amazon distribution Center in KenoshaD.H. Griffin Company, which was contracted for conveyor and storage system work at the site, was bringing workers from South Carolina to work on the conveyor system.Protesters said the company promised that Wisconsin workers would be used to construct the facility."Amazon was given millions of dollars from the local taxpayers here in Kenosha and in Wisconsin, and of course our members of 2337, we have 350 of them, assumed that our local people would get back to work, and unfortunately, they are bringing up people from down south while our local people are still struggling from this recession," said Dan Slane of Local 2337. The center is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs in early 2015.

Dozens of workers protested outside the construction site of an Amazon distribution facility in Kenosha on Friday.

WISN 12 News reporter Mike Anderson said 40 to 50 union workers from Millwright and carpenter unions picketed at the entrances to protest a contractor's decision to bring non-union workers to the site.


VIDEO: Union picket at new Amazon distribution Center in Kenosha

D.H. Griffin Company, which was contracted for conveyor and storage system work at the site, was bringing workers from South Carolina to work on the conveyor system.

Protesters said the company promised that Wisconsin workers would be used to construct the facility.

"Amazon was given millions of dollars from the local taxpayers here in Kenosha and in Wisconsin, and of course our members of 2337, we have 350 of them, assumed that our local people would get back to work, and unfortunately, they are bringing up people from down south while our local people are still struggling from this recession," said Dan Slane of Local 2337.

The center is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs in early 2015.