LAX Workers Walk Off the Job

Airline service workers representing the 2,500 employees who provide passenger services at LAX walked off the job on August 28 at 1:30 PM in response to contractors’ civil rights abuses and failure to bargain in good faith.

Service contractors who provide cleaning, security, wheelchair assistance, and baggage handling services for airlines at LAX have refused to provide the quality jobs with access to affordable health care needed to ensure the highest quality services and security for airline passengers.

At a bargaining session today near LAX, the companies – G2 Secure Staff, Air Serv, Aviation Safeguards, and Aero Port Services again refused to make a proposal to the workers about improvements in training or wage and benefit increases, despite months of negotiations and the presence of a federal mediator at this week’s talks.

“No one wants to have to strike, but they have given us no other choice,” says Jose Hernandez, a wheelchair assistance worker with Aero Port Services and member of the airport workers’ bargaining committee. “We’re proud to take care of the passengers who need it most – but we also need to be able to take care of our families. Good jobs and good service for passengers go hand in hand.”