Why are workers picketing outside Fresno's airport?

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Airline rider work and ramp workers started picketing successful beforehand of Fresno Yosemite International Airport connected Monday.

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) says the picketing rider work and ramp workers request higher wages, wellness attraction for part-time employees, and safer moving conditions.

The workers are from Piedmont Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines; they are picketing to enactment unit connected the institution to negociate a just corporate bargaining agreement.

Officials accidental these workers assistance with pre-flight check-in, loading and unloading baggage, guiding planes connected the tarmac, deicing planes, supplying potable water, removing lavatory discarded and ensuring craft are inspected and harmless earlier departure.

According to the CWA, galore workers bash not person wellness attraction sum contempt moving for 1 of the "most profitable airlines successful the country," enduring hazardous conditions, and dealing with unruly passengers. Many Piedmont workers are near to trust connected authorities assistance.

The national states Monday's picket comes aft implicit a twelvemonth of negotiations with Piedmont Airlines. The institution has reportedly not responded to the workers' "critical proposals."

YourCentralValley.com has reached retired to some Piedmont Airlines and Fresno Yosemite International Airport for a connection successful response.