Hundreds of service workers take strike action at Charlotte International Airport
HUNDREDS of service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest against low wages.
Employees of ABM and Prospect Airport Services cast ballots on Friday to authorise the work stoppage in North Carolina, which a spokesperson said began this morning.
Officials with Service Employees International Union announced the strike early today, saying that the workers would demand “an end to poverty wages and respect on the job during the holiday travel season.”
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