LAX Union Workers To Strike On Thanksgiving Eve

breitbart.com ^ | 11/17/12 | Tony Lee

[ColdOne]

As many as 1000 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) workers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are considering going on strike on Thanksgiving eve in what is the busiest travel day of the year.

Andrew Gross-Gaitan, the director of the Southern California Airports Division of SEIU, said the protest would be in response to an LAX contractor that failed to comply with the city’s Living Wage Ordinance.

[cableguymn]

Their union buddies in the TSA stop it before it happens?

[2010Freeper]

Striking to improve working conditions is one thing. (I don’t think the working conditions at LAX are poor) Striking during a tough economy to improve self is selfish and they should be fired. There are millions of unemployed workers that would gladly take their position and not impact the traveling public. When the unions force a strike, everyone loses except for the union bosses, who could care less about the average union worker (except for their dues),

[HiTech RedNeck]

there are no more twinkies to be had, although there are some estimable generics around.

[Tax-chick]

A lot of people don’t reason that way.

[cableguymn]

The rest will blame bush.

[Paladin2]

"What happens when several hundred stranded passengers inside the terminal find out that the few dozen people on the picket line outside are responsible for it?"

The travelers are likely unarmed.

[onyx]

Excluding LAX on Thanksgiving.

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[bergmeid]

What exactly is it that these people do?

[Tax-chick]

Sure, he was President until, like, yesterday, wasn’t he?

[cableguymn]

as little as possible..

It might be they strike and no one notices.

The TSA part of SEIU now?

[Brandonmark]

...workers that are currently on the clock will not be walking off.

So instead of enjoying Thanksgiving with their family, the union is telling those with the day off to instead protest in front of their union brothers who are making time and a half holiday wages. Hmmm...makes sense to me! (Sounds like Obama voters)

[jessduntno]

“To soon ...

Don’t you be makin’ no Twinkie jokes! That goes double for Ho Ho’s.

[annieokie]

Shall we tell them? lol

[yldstrk]

fire them. no one should be striking in this economic climate

[cableguymn]

I think he still is. till sometime in January.

Then Obama has to come in and clean up the mess he left behind.

[traditional1]

I hope they replace them all with Illegals, at 1/4 the cost of pay/benefits as the Union slugs.

In Kalifornia, they not only deserve it for all the Illegals they are paying from public money (welfare, food stamps, Medical, education, etc.), but they also allow Unions to extort $100K/yr. salaries for cleaning streets.....

[Tax-chick]

Right, that’s it. Obama will have inherited an awful economic and foreign policy mess, but I’m sure he’ll get it all sorted out very quickly, and prosperity and amity will reign, unless Republicans in Congress engage in destructive partisanship.

[tacticalogic]

Shall we tell them? lol

I vote we let it be a surprise.

[tacticalogic]

Their union buddies in the TSA stop it before it happens?

Have you seen the TSA?

[panaxanax]

“Fire them all now.”

Ditto that!