Union protests today outside US Airways shareholder meeting
Airport workers and supporters from Boston, Philadelphia, Fort Lauderdale, Newark and New York City are rallying this morning outside US Airways’ shareholders meeting to protest "a business model that requires them to labor in a shadow economy with no job security, working for minimum wage, relying on tips and lacking basic benefits while the airlines’ top executives rake in millions of dollars."
Still, US Airways’ shareholders are expected to approve the $11 billion merger with American Airlines, effectively creating the world’s largest airline, and "approve tens of millions in compensation to a handful of top executives."
But it fails to address wage and working conditions for thousands of contracted security officers, cleaners and wheelchair attendants who struggle to get by on as little as $4.77 an hour plus tips and have no health insurance, the unions say.
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