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By June Leffler<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the brunt of Thanksgiving travel, O\u2019Hare workers pulled off a one-day strike to demand $15 an hour and safer working conditions.<\/p>\n

The Department of Aviation and Chicago Police Department said there were no disruptions or arrests during Tuesday’s action at O’Hare.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hare workers announced the strike<\/a> last Monday, just days before Thanksgiving. Tom Balanoff, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1, said the workers decided not to strike during Thanksgiving so they wouldn\u2019t disrupt the holiday for their co-workers and passengers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext time we have to strike we will shut down this airport,\u201d said Balanoff.<\/p>\n

\"Ron
Ron Jeffers went on strike to protest low wages.(June Leffler\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over 500 O\u2019Hare airport baggage handlers, janitors, wheelchair attendants and security officers went on the one-day strike. SEIU Local 1 is helping the non-union workers organize, though there is no vote to unionize yet.<\/p>\n

Roughly 1,500 of the workers and their allies rallied outside O\u2019Hare\u2019s departure\u00a0 platform near terminals 2 and 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn English, then Spanish, then Polish,\u201d said one of the workers leading chants. \u201cYes we can. S\u00ed se puede. Tak mo\u017cemy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"O'Hare
O’Hare workers join the Fight for $15. (June Leffler\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt is a right to strike,\u201d said Kisha Rivera, a cabin cleaner with Scrub, Inc. \u201cYou can\u2019t let anyone put you down for doing a job they wouldn\u2019t do themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The strike coincides with the Fight for 15\u2019s national day of action. In 340 cities, fast food, airport, hospital and other workers protested or went on strike to demand higher wages. The day of action commemorates four years since the Fight for $15 began when hundreds of fast food workers went on strike at a McDonald’s in New York. The workers started the day in Chicago with a protest at a West Town McDonald\u2019s before moving the action to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and then O’Hare.<\/p>\n

[vimeo 193630380](Video by Katanga Johnson\/Medill)<\/em>
\nPolice ticketed more than 50 protesters at a West Town McDonald\u2019s\u00a0 early Tuesday morning, according to\u00a0 the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The airport workers are employed by three contractors: Scrub, Inc., Prospect Airport Services, and AirServ. American Airlines and United Airlines contract with the companies to hire and manage certain employees.<\/p>\n

12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas said his father used to work at O\u2019Hare for American Airlines. Cardenas said outsourcing these jobs to middleman companies is partly why wages and benefits have fallen. He said he wants the contractors to be \u201cbanned from doing business in this city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aldermen across the city have introduced a proposal to revoke the business licenses of four airline contractors: Prospect Airport Services, United Maintenance, Lott Management and Scrub, Inc.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea in America is that a job provides an opportunity,\u201d said 47th Ward Alderman Ameya Pawar, one of the sponsors of the proposal. \u201cThese jobs simply subsidize poverty and profits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Airport workers have filed complaints and lawsuits against the contractors. Earlier this month, workers filed a complaint<\/a> with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) against three of the contractors. Workers have also filed wage theft<\/a> complaints, which the city and state are investigating. The complaints include having employees work off the clock, not providing over-time pay and paying tipped workers less than minimum wage.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Hare airport workers went on a one-day strike last March. Diana Petty participated in the last strike, which she said produced no results. Still, she went on strike Tuesday to demand a living wage.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome workers are afraid of retaliation,\u201d said Petty. \u201cThis company hires a lot of foreigners that don\u2019t want to rock the boat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Petty is 58 years old, and has worked for Scrub, Inc. as a janitor for 16 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I\u2019ve been working here for 16 years, I should make no less than $16 an hour,\u201d said Petty.<\/p>\n

\"Diana
Diana Petty says working at the airport is a form of modern day slavery. (June Leffler\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She works third shift and makes $11.25 an hour. She said she doesn\u2019t get holiday pay and is called into work on her days off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a sign above the time clock saying employees will receive a holiday lunch and a $25 bonus for coming into work on the [day of the strike],\u201d said Petty. \u201cThat\u2019s a slap in the face. Why don\u2019t they offer holiday lunch during the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scrub, Inc. declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Other O\u2019Hare workers showed up in solidarity. Transportation Workers Union Local 571 are trying to reopen their union contract with their employer Envoy (formerly American Eagle), a contractor of American Airlines.<\/p>\n

Guillermo Bahena of TWU Local 571 said that after American Airlines went bankrupt, the union made concessions for the airline, such as less vacation and holiday pay. Now that American Airlines is profitable again, the workers want to see some of that money.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make half of what other American Airlines workers are making,\u201d said Bahena.<\/p>\n

\"Members
Members of the Transportation Workers Union Local 571 stand with fellow O’Hare workers’ fight to unionize. (June Leffler\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marie Gauge spoke in support of her fellow O\u2019Hare workers. She is a service passenger agent and a member of the Communications Workers Union. The union is negotiating its first contract with Envoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cContractors as a staple for corporate America are driving everybody\u2019s wages down,\u201d she said. \u201cThis shouldn’t be our future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katanga Johnson contributed video for the story<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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