One of the clearest illustrations of why public employee unions or unions that are involved with critical infrastructure are a clear and present danger to all Americans …

Thousands Of LAX Workers Set For Walkout On Thanksgiving Eve

Employees at Los Angeles International Airport were considering plans Friday to walk off the job ahead on what is traditionally the busiest traveling day of the year. A coalition of Southland labor and community leaders are calling for the protest of alleged violations by LAX contractor Aviation Safeguards (AVSG) after breaking their contract with the airport earlier this year.

Andrew Gross-Gaitan, the director of the Southern California Airports Division of SEIU, told KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO that AVSG left more than 400 LAX workers without affordable family health care when it failed to comply with the city’s Living Wage Ordinance.

As many as 1,000 airport workers and union supporters are expected to march on Century Boulevard just as an estimated 1.8 million passengers are expected to travel through LAX over the holiday weekend.

In March, SEIU workers staged a protest outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal, but despite some congestion, passengers were not prevented from entering the building.

This time, however, Gross-Gaitan would not dismiss the potential for severe disruptions to airport operations during the protest.

“It’s entirely possible there will be significant travel delays,” he said.

Source: Thousands Of LAX Workers Set For Walkout On Thanksgiving Eve « CBS Los Angeles

It is not bargaining when it is done at the point of a proverbial gun or using corrupt politicians as intermediaries …

Enough with the unions who are bankrupting our cities, states and the federal government. Enough with being held hostage to demands by corrupt unions who pursue a corrupt one-sided Marxist ideology funded by people who would not normally support socialism and communism.

Bottom line …

Time to reduce or remove the influence of corrupt unions from the backs of American business. They are costing jobs and entire industries with their extortionate demands. Demanding more and more for working less and less. Until you have multiple union employees to do the work of a single productive individual.

The healthcare issues of approximately 400 workers should not disadvantage thousands of innocent travelers because the union uses the holiday as a weapon. Perhaps they should be charged as domestic terrorists and put on the no-fly list by the TSA?

-- steve