Time is running out for more than 300 O’Hare janitors who stand to
lose their jobs by the end of next week as a result of a new city
contract.
Local clergy members and workers' rights advocates
held a prayer vigil with airport workers at City Hall Tuesday afternoon
in a last ditch effort to persuade city officials to reverse their
decision to award a $99 million custodial contract to a company critics
claim plans to replace union jobs with non-union, lower-paying
positions.
More than 100 supporters filled the fifth floor
hallway outside of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office in protest over the
city’s five-year agreement with United Maintenance Company Inc. to
provide janitorial services for the airport beginning December 15.
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Bah, humbug! 