Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles broke a tie vote on Monday night, deciding that City Council members will not study in a committee ways to improve the working conditions of airport contract workers who do work such as cleaning planes.
For years, the Service Employees International Union has pushed the City Council to raise the pay and improve working conditions of contract workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The union has said some of them earn $14 an hour.
SEIU has called for the City Council to enact an ordinance that would establish “minimum standards for wages, benefits, and training for airport workers employed by airline contractors and permitted businesses.”…