News / Handlers manage to avert shutdown of Chicago air cargo flows

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Airfreight handlers at Chicago O’Hare Airport have averted a major disruption of cargo flows through one of the top US gateways.

The aviation department of the city of Chicago had threatened two handling companies – Alliance Ground International (AGI) and Swissport – with withdrawal of their licence if they failed to sign labour peace agreements with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) by 19 January.

Last summer, the city introduced new conditions into operating licences for airport service providers at O’Hare, notably ...