Around 1,000 security officers, baggage handlers and wheelchair
attendants employed by a subcontractor to airlines including Delta
Air Lines Inc. have opted not to go ahead with a job action planned
for Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International and La Guardia
airports, according to a person familiar with the matter.
"The workers and company reached a settlement," the person
said.
The workers, all employees of Command Security Corp. subsidiary
Aviation Safeguards had intended to walk off the job for 24 hours
starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday.
But the action will now not proceed, according to an official
briefed on the matter. "There won't be a strike," the person
said.
Workers, backed by the Service Employees International Union
Local 32BJ planned to convene a 1:30 p.m. news conference
Wednesday.
Neither the union nor representatives of Aviation Safeguards
would comment.
Workers interviewed on Tuesday said they wanted higher wages,
affordable health care and to be treated with respect and
dignity.
On Tuesday, Craig Coy, chief executive officer of Command
Security Corporation and its subsidiary Aviation Safeguards, said
the company believed the workers hadn't followed proper procedures
to organize.
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