Five days after Oakland’s City Council voted to drop a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, the Oakland airport’s biggest carrier, for allegedly denying workers paid sick leave, Mayor Barbara Lee met with Southwest’s CEO to talk business.
A spokesman for Lee’s office told The Oaklandside that the mayor met virtually with Southwest CEO Robert Jordan and the company’s government affairs staff on Oct. 28 to “discuss partnerships to promote Oakland Airport.”
The meeting is a sign that some city leaders are dramatically changing Oakland’s stance toward the company, America’s third largest airline by passenger numbers…