Non-union workers strike at Boston Logan Airport

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Source: Mass Live

By Michelle Williams

A large group of contracted airline employees went on strike Wednesday morning outside of Boston Logan International Airport.

The workers, non-union contracted airplane cleaners and baggage handlers employed by G2 Secure Staff and ReadyJet Flight Support, allege their employers committed unfair labor practices.

Before the sun rose Wednesday morning, a group estimated to be over 100 people, picketed outside of the airport, near the Blue Line T stop. They held protest signs and chanted "sí, se puede," translated to "yes we can."

The workers, whose tasks vary from cleaning airplane lavatory holding tanks to transporting passengers with limited mobility, earn between $8 and 10 per hour and do not receive benefits. During the protest, they called for more benefits, including paid sick days.

FULL story at link.


The group of protestors Wednesday morning. (32BJ SEIU )

Read more: http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2015/06/non-union_workers_strike_at_bo.html

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Striking an employer is legal regardless if the workforce is unionized or not. It is a federally protected activity.

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1. Hope a union organizer is on the way to help because those people need . . .

to form a union. Somebody will be needed to negotiate.