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The Associated Press reports:
Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages.
Several hundred workers were expected to walk off the job and continue the work stoppage throughout Monday. Most of them earn between $12.50 and $19 an hour, which is well below the living wage for a single person with no children in the Charlotte area, union officials said.
Charlotte Douglas International Airport officials have said this holiday travel season is expected to be the busiest on record, with an estimated 1.02 million passengers departing the airport between last Thursday and the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Read the full article. Most of the workers are part of crews that clean airliner cabins and airport common areas such as restrooms. It’s not clear if the strike will affect travelers.
BREAKING: Service workers at Charlotte airport in North Carolina go on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages. https://t.co/b2JwdsKA0W
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 25, 2024
BREAKING: Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike at the start of a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages.
https://t.co/dYk0zseQqI— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 25, 2024
“We’re on strike today because this is our last resort. We can’t keep living like this. We’re taking action because our families can’t survive.” https://t.co/WsAkfVeolH
— Action News 5 (@WMCActionNews5) November 25, 2024