City council reconsiders LAX operating permits and orders payroll and monitoring steps for Terminal 2 workers

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved operating permits for Los Angeles International Airport terminals on July 28 and directed Northwest Airlines, Aviation Safeguard (contractor) and the Department of Airports to take steps to return Terminal 2 workers to payroll and to monitor compliance.

Councilmember Cindy Goldberg moved and Councilmember Joel Feuer seconded reconsideration of the operating-permit vote and brought forward a package of commitments negotiated at the hearing. The council approved a motion that (1) requires Northwest Airlines to ensure Aviation Safeguard immediately contact and notify displaced Terminal 2 workers of required documentation and deadlines; (2) requires that the first group of workers already in training (described in the hearing as roughly 59 of 147 eligible Terminal 2 workers) be placed on payroll no later than Aug. 2, 2000,…