Philly airport workers vote to strike during the DNC

[Spike]

Baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants, airplane cleaners, and other workers at Philadelphia International Airport voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to walk off their jobs in protest during the Democratic National Convention this month, according to a union that wants to organize them.

The vote, which took place at the airport, was 461-5 in favor of striking out of 500 on shift Tuesday participating. The workers, who number about 1,000, work for subcontractors hired by various airlines.

The purpose of the DNC is to lift workers out of poverty," Morgan said. "What these workers are fighting for is what the DNC and the convention is supposed to be about."

http://www.philly.com/philly/busine...rt_workers_vote_to_strike_during_the_DNC.html

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hahahahahaha

 

[wig]

Telling everyone ahead of time kind of undermines the purpose, right?

 

[Spike]

Telling everyone ahead of time kind of undermines the purpose, right?

They want to unionize - perfect timing

Their convention is less than two weeks away

 

[SteelChip]

They want to unionize - perfect timing

Their convention is less than two weeks away

Anybody that has witnessed any previous Democratic races and conventions, for any level positions...knows that this will be the best opportunity they will have in quite a while to bring their positions to bare. If you and your best peoples don't get some kind of message out there to the voters during this next news cycle, then just go home and hope someone twitters your sorry *** goin' to jail and hope for the best.

It's on like Donkey Kong....get it on or go home.

 

[IndySteel]

If I was in charge of the Philly airport, I would instruct the airlines to demand that their subcontractors fire those 461 people tomorrow and immediately replace them with workers from local temp agencies, with incentive for permanent jobs if they do well. Hell, it's unskilled labor. People who pick up trash on airplanes and push an occasional wheelchair aren't supposed to make a wage that would support a family.

 

[SteelChip]

I just got this....I think it's called irony ?

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An elderly Catholic nun being frisked by a burkahed Muslim security agent!