Hundreds of O’Hare airport workers vote to strike
CHICAGO — Hundreds of O’Hare International Airport workers have voted to go on strike ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Service Employees International Union Local 1 officials said Thursday that about 500 workers have committed to strike. Union spokeswoman Izabela Miltko-Ivkovich said the strike “will definitely take place in the coming days,” though she didn’t specify which day it will start.
The workers involved have been trying to organize with the union’s help. They work mainly for private contractors at the airport.
“They don’t expect to shut the airport down,” SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/2g0mq1X ). “That’s not what they’re trying to do. Oh, there will be disruption.”