LAX Employees Ask for City Council’s Support
About 40 security screeners and baggage handlers at Los Angeles International Airport were briefly suspended after a two-hour strike Thursday night and asked the City Council on Friday for support.
The request for help follows a months-long effort by the Service Employees International Union Local 1877 to organize the workers, many of whom earn about $6 an hour with no benefits or vacations.
Three airlines--Delta, United and Northwest--contract with Argenbright Security Inc. to supply the 800 screeners, baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants who work in their terminals.
Argenbright officials have said they doubted that an “uncoerced majority” wanted to join. Last month, however, 500 workers signed a petition to join the union.
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