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Published on Friday, August 29, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
Unionized passenger service workers at Los Angeles International Airport overwhelmingly agreed to authorize a strike against their employers, officials announced on Thursday.
About 2,500 janitors, wheelchair attendants, baggage handlers and other service workers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 1877 authorized their leaders on Wednesday to call for a strike if labor negotiations break down with their employers, who are contracted by airlines operating at LAX.
The union launched labor negotiations in July with nine private firms charged with hiring airport service workers, who earn an average of $10.50 per hour.
The workers are demanding pay hikes, more health benefits and better job training.
"We're hopeful that we'll see some movement in the negotiations and we hope the employers don't push the workers to walk out and call a strike," union spokesman Mike Chavez said.
art.marroquin@dailybreeze.com
http://dailynews.com/news/ci_10330529
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