US EditionCharlotte airport workers strike at outset of busy Thanksgiving travel week
- Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike to protest unlivable wages during the Thanksgiving travel week.
- Most workers earn between $12.50 and $19 an hour, below the living wage for a single person in Charlotte.
- Union officials state the strike demands "an end to poverty wages and respect on the job during the holiday travel season.
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A few days after one of the most busy holidays in the country, the Thanksgiving, and when a record of at least 1 million passengers is expected to leave Charlotte Douglas International Airport, service workers began a strike on Monday, November 25, due to poor wage and working conditions. [...] Charlotte Airport Cleanup Workers are on strike due to poor working conditions first published in Link Latino NC. Charlotte Airport Cleanup Workers are o…
Charlotte Airport Workers Ring In Thanksgiving Travel Week With A Strike
Workers organized with the Service Employees International Union struck at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Monday to protest low wages. The 24-hour strike, called specifically to coincide with the holiday travel season, called for more money and more respect for the folks who keep CLT running, Read more...
Workers at Charlotte Airport, an American Airlines Hub, Go on Strike During Thanksgiving Travel Week
Workers who clean airplanes, remove trash and help with wheelchairs at Charlotte’s airport, one of the nation’s busiest, went on strike Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to demand higher wages. The Service Employees International Union announced the strike in a statement early Monday, saying the workers would demand “an end to poverty wages and respect on the job during the holiday travel season.” The strike was expected to last 2…
Myrtle Beach International Airport holiday travel jumps; little impact from Charlotte Douglas strike, passengers say
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- With Thanksgiving right around the corner, families from all over are flying into Myrtle Beach during the holiday season, and airport officials expect a sizable bump from last year's travel numbers. Between Nov. 22 and Dec. 2, there are 60,077 scheduled departing seats on 424 flights -- roughly a 25% year-over-year increase. The expected burst comes at a time when one of the region's busiest airports is seeing a labo…
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