More than 1,000 cleaning and skycap workers at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports are set to strike this week, after negotiations with employer PrimeFlight, a subcontractor for American Airlines, JetBlue and United Airlines, to allow them to unionize have gone sour.
The workers have been trying to negotiate with the company for months over issues including wages, scheduling, seniority, workloads and safety regulations. A federal judge finally had to order PrimeFlight to bargain, but the company still walked out of negotiations, union officials said. Read more at NY POST.
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