Union picks Thanksgiving Eve to protest LAX

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This is a Fox News -- -- what I'm Kimberly gill well it's Thanksgiving need the busiest travel day of the air.

And it isn't -- enough to get home for the holiday union workers that doesn't -- Of all days to disrupt air travel with the protests at one of the nation's busiest airports.

Fox's William -- -- -- is live at Los Angeles international without -- -- alien.

We'll Kimberly SE -- U was kicked out by workers at aviation safeguards that's a company that contracts with the airlines for sky caps janitors.

Cabin people who clean the -- that kind of thing.

52% of the workers decertified this union.

Now in protest.

The SC LU brought in a thousand union members not airport workers.

To protest to basically shot down if you will the two main entrances to LA -- the third busiest airport in the country.

That cost thousands of people to stress out in some to miss their flights the LAPD estimated for unsuspecting travelers trying to catch a plane.

That the protest probably at about ninety minutes.

To their trip if you will.

Union claims this vote was illegal -- aviation safeguards.

Is not paying a living wage -- -- the city ordinance this company says the vote was fair and most workers got a raise.

But was bad for travelers is good for the union because they brought attention to an issue that otherwise would have gone and reported in the media.

Now people miss their flights while the union spokesman told us earlier today that was an unfortunate inconvenience.

Here's their explanation and the company's response.

Airport workers they -- they -- -- -- and their -- of pride proud about the job.

Importantly they be forced you to take these.

-- measures because otherwise nobody's listening to that.

And front of -- -- and then they may have the city is not listen to them so they need to take these connections.

Our employees and a and a majority voted that they did not want to be part of -- SE -- anymore so we don't have a dispute.

Our employees are happy with their wages and benefits they receive.

Now about a dozen people were arrested they were basically sitting down and century boulevard would move but tell you Kimberly this two reasons it was held today number one.

This unions trying to get City Hall involving disqualified this company as a contractor and secondly they -- five more contracts coming up the end of the month.

And this of course shows their workers what they'll do to try to keep their jobs back to you.

Island much an -- and just thanks for that update.

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