Airline Workers STRIKE, This Is Why You Should Support Their Fight

Airline workers have begun an open-ended strike for better working conditions, expecting to impact 21 airports in the country. Cenk Uygur and Jessica Burbank discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

Read more HERE: https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/airline-workers-strike-better-pay-work-conditions/

"Employees at some of the biggest airports across the country are going on strike over staffing levels and pay.

In Los Angeles, Chicago and more than a dozen other airports, thousands of United and Southwest airline workers are in uniform — but spending their time off-duty protesting conditions when they’re on.

“We are … looking for protection from long, brutal duty days, over 20 hours, being stuck in airports, sleeping on the floors,” Southwest flight attendant Mark Torrez said.

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