Mobilizing to form a union in a quest for "livable wages," service workers at Logan International Airport rallied yesterday, flanked by Democratic pols, including gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Martha Coakley and state Treasurer Steve Grossman.
Employees who work for contractors secured by airlines, including cabin cleaners, wheelchair assistants and baggage handlers, make as little as $8 an hour with few, if any, benefits, and are fighting for increased pay and a "livable wage," said Roxana Rivera, district leader for SEIU 32BJ.
"Workers have been playing by the rules," she said. "They have been coming to work every day to keep the airport running, now the only thing we are asking for is decent wages."
Coakley told the crowd that service employees deserve to "make a living wage and get ahead just like everybody."
Grossman said, "Let's talk to Massport. Let's talk to public officials. Every public official who is not standing with us today is standing on the other side."
Massport in a statement said it is "sympathetic to the concerns raised regarding working conditions and take them seriously. This matter is primarily one between private employers — hired by the airlines — and their workforce."
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