Hundreds of Chicago O'Hare airport workers go on strike
Nov 29, 2016
Janitors, baggage handlers, cabin cleaners and wheelchair attendants are asking for a $15 hourly wage. Some currently make $10.50 an hour, which is the minimum wage in Chicago.
The effort is part of a broader "Day of Disruption" planned by activist group Fight for $15, which advocates for raising the minimum wage. Uber drivers, fast food workers and home care aides will also walk out on Tuesday.
The Chicago Department of Aviation said it does not believe the work stoppage will affect flights in or out of the nation's second busiest airport. Federal employees, including air traffic controllers and security screeners, are not joining the strike.
Kisha Rivera, who works as a cabin cleaner at O'Hare, said she has coworkers who sleep in the airport because they can't afford apartments.
"We work so hard and we hardly even get breaks," she said. "When we go from plane to plane, we can't even go to the bathroom."
The striking workers will be joined by others protesting low wages at a 12 p.m. rally outside the airport. Concurrent rallies will take place at nearly 20 airports around the country, including Los Angeles International Airport and Newark-Liberty International Airport, Goumbri said.
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