ABC 15 ARIZONA: Union alleges Sky Chefs employee retaliated against for blowing whistle on unsafe conditions

“Unite Here Local 11 says LSG Sky Chefs employee Filiberto Lares was suspended over a “safety issue” and given a warning. The suspension comes just weeks after Lares complained to city leaders that the AC was not properly functioning in their airline-catering trucks and the same day the union organized a protest at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.”

BREAKING NEWS: ANTI WORKER CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN THE OLYMPIC WAGE FAILS OUTRIGHT QUALIFICATION

The Los Angeles County Registrar announced it will conduct a full count of the signatures gathered by the CEO-backed campaign, after completing an initial sample count.

Their failure to qualify outright is due in large part to the unprecedented efforts of workers and community to educate voters and collected signature withdrawals. Thank you to everybody who worked so hard to get us to this point!

A record of more than 120,000 Angelenos submitted forms to revoke their signatures on the referendum petition when they learned the petition would actually upend the Olympic Wage.

We’ll keep you updated when the full results are available in September!

PHOENIX HEAT & SAFETY ORDINANCE

Earlier this month, Sky Chef workers testified to Phoenix City Council that their employer didn’t have working air conditioning units in their trucks. Workers driving to the airport to deliver food for flights, sit in 100+ degree heat sometimes for hours. Check out the full story at the link in our bio.