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Friday, 17 May 2019

Miami airport workers fighting for better conditions face retaliation

Employees for Eulen America say their hours are being cut after discussing worker treatment at a roundtable with local politicians

For seven years, Leila Benitez has worked as a cabin cleaner at Miami international airport for the Spain-based contractor Eulen America. The company employs 3,000 workers at airports throughout the US, with about 1,500 working in Miami.

The working conditions at Eulen America, Benitez said, are deplorable. Vehicles used to travel between planes often don’t work and are infested with roaches. The doors, brakes and gas gauges on cars don’t function correctly and seats are filled with holes. Workers are often denied breaks, adequate access to water and are treated poorly overall, Benitez said.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2EqdCzR

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