\u201c15 Places to Eat Thanksgiving Dinner in Las Vegas 2019\u201d<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\nWorkers Demand Fairer Treatment<\/h2>\n
Meanwhile, catering workers are not expected to picket again closer to the holiday. The workers want American Airlines to pay food service employees higher wages and to provide adequate health care insurance.<\/p>\n
The average wage of a local airline catering worker is $12.41 an hour. Fewer than 36 percent of workers had company health insurance in 2018, according to a union statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorkers hope that by bringing their message to the many passengers travelling before Thanksgiving, they will motivate American Airlines to resolve the labor dispute,\u201d the union said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The workers are employed by third-party catering services, such as Sky Chef and Gate Gourmet, according to WSNV. They are hired by airlines to supply passenger meals.<\/p>\n
In a statement released Tuesday, American Airlines said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are confident that, with the ongoing assistance of federal mediators, the catering companies and Unite Here will negotiate new nationwide agreements that increase pay and benefits. We understand that new labor contracts between \u2026 Unite Here and LSG Sky Chefs and Gate Gourmet will result in increased costs for their many airline customers, including American.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not in a position to control the outcome of their negotiations or dictate what wages or benefits are agreed-upon between the catering companies and their employees.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
McCarran International Airport passengers landing on Tuesday for the Thanksgiving holiday are among the 322,000 travelers expected to visit Las Vegas this week. But airport travelers were met by a contingent of local workers protesting the treatment of catering employees. About 50 airline catering workers and members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":120814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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