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Airport workers ask council for a hearing on wages and safety; council discusses committee review
Summary
Multiple Charlotte Douglas International Airport employees and union leaders urged the City Council to hold a committee hearing on workplace safety and livable wages. Council members asked the city attorney and staff to evaluate legal constraints and possible procurement levers.
Multiple airport employees and union representatives addressed the Charlotte City Council in the public forum, urging the council to examine workplace safety, staffing, and wages at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
The comments came from on-the-ground workers and union leaders who described low pay, understaffing and passenger safety challenges. Dominique Chambers, who identified herself as a wheelchair agent at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, said she helps passengers with mobility needs and described “low wages, minimal benefits, and poor working conditions” as daily realities for her colleagues. Chambers said turnover is high and staff are sometimes forced to push two passengers at a time, a practice she called “stressful, dangerous, and unfair.”
Danielle Prophet, president of CWA Local 3645 representing hundreds of airport workers employed by Piedmont…
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