{"id":1771430,"date":"2022-12-11T06:05:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T11:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771430"},"modified":"2022-12-11T07:49:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T12:49:46","slug":"workers-protest-at-15-major-u-s-airports-demanding-higher-wages-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/workers-protest-at-15-major-u-s-airports-demanding-higher-wages-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers Protest at 15 Major U.S. Airports Demanding Higher Wages, Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fworkers-protest-at-15-major-u-s-airports-demanding-higher-wages-benefits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Demonstrations or strikes were seen in many U.S. airports on Thursday as airport employees sought better wages and conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Worker unions held demonstrations or formal strikes at 15 major airports.<\/p>\n<p>Employees protesting held jobs such as cabin cleaners, baggage handlers, janitors, and security guards.<\/p>\n<p>On-site rallies were held in Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, and Phoenix, while formal strikes that usually disrupt operations took place at Boston\u2019s Logan International Airport, the Newark Liberty International Airport, and Chicago\u2019s O\u2019Hare International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>In Boston, Chicago, and Newark, workers were striking over unfair labor practices, among other demands, in airports managed by Swissport USA.<\/p>\n<p>The company has denied any unfair labor practices and said in a statement that it followed labor regulations and said it offered workers competitive wages and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Many airport workers are members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).<\/p>\n<p>SEIU president Mary Kay Henry said that airport workers have \u201csacrificed their health as essential workers, only to be treated anything but,\u201d reported <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/3767100-airport-workers-planning-rallies-strikes-over-working-conditions\/\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The time to clean planes has been reduced to a few minutes, the SEIU said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>In New York\u2019s La Guardia airport, workers unloading baggage were asked to clean the airplane cabins as well, it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get blamed for delays, but we\u2019re only given a few minutes to clean and don\u2019t have enough people to do the work,\u201d Omar Rodriquez, a ramp agent and cabin cleaner at LaGuardia, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one wants to stay because the pay and benefits are not enough for what we do,\u201d Rodriquez said.<\/p>\n<p>Workers also gathered on Capitol Hill to call for a minimum wage of $15 and a benefits standard while supporting the \u201cGood Jobs for Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-airports\">Airports<\/a> Act,\u201d introduced in June by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.).<\/p>\n<p>The protests come as the travel industry still struggles to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/airlines-see-return-to-profit-in-2023-clash-with-airports_4906347.html?utm_source=ai&#038;utm_medium=search\">airlines<\/a> lose tens of billions of dollars in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/workers-protest-at-15-major-us-airports-demanding-higher-wages-benefits_887321.html\">NTD News\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-efthymis-oraiopoulos\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/default-user.png\" alt=\"Efthymis Oraiopoulos\"     style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demonstrations or strikes were seen in many U.S. airports on Thursday as airport employees sought better wages and conditions.Worker unions held demonstrations or formal strikes at 15 major airports. 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