News / Worker frustration over conditions at air cargo facilities remains on the boil

Working conditions and remuneration continue to spur labour protest in the air cargo sector as well as in the aviation industry overall.

Yesterday, warehouse staff from Swissport’s cargo facility at Chicago O’Hare drew attention to their grievances with a public formal complaint at a press conference.

Flanked by two city aldermen and the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1, which represents 50,000 workers in the midwestern US, nearly 100 employees of Swissport Cargo yesterday staged an event in ...