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Hundreds of Airline Catering Workers Protest Near LAX Amid Thanksgiving Travel Rush
Workers protest unsafe conditions and unfair wages at Flying Food Group, blocking a major LAX entrance for nearly two hours, disrupting one of the busiest travel weeks, union said.
- On Monday, hundreds of airline catering workers shut down a main entrance to Los Angeles International Airport, occupying Century Boulevard during the Thanksgiving travel rush.
- UNITE HERE Local 11 said the action was prompted by new contract demands over alleged unsafe conditions, broken equipment, locked doors creating fire hazards, unfair wages, and Cal/OSHA complaints against Flying Food Group.
- Protesters occupied the intersection for nearly two hours before Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived a little after 6:15 p.m. and reopened the roadway, with Les Lukach saying, `We were just commenting how it was a smooth ride, easy to get home, and now this`.
- The demonstrations briefly disrupted travel, and no injuries were reported as of November 25 while travelers and motorists expressed frustration and protesting workers vowed further action.
- Union leaders called on the city to hold Flying Food Group accountable, citing hazards like burst pipes and chemical burns, with Susan Minato noting, `It is a busy time of the year, no question.
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Thuggish union blocks Thanksgiving travelers trying to catch flights at LAX
As if air travel weren't nightmarish enough, particularly from congested Los Angeles, who should step in to make it worse but the hotel and airline-food-preparing union known as UNITE HERE, which decided that the biggest Thanksgiving tr...
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