Airport security screeners are going public with what they deem substandard pay and “disrespect” from the federal agency that oversees their work.
The screeners are wearing street clothes at 42 airports as part of a new “Casual Monday action” to draw attention to concerns over wages and working conditions amid negotiations around a new collective agreement, the United Steelworkers union said.
Ottawa has been scrambling to respond to scenes of endless lines, flight delays and daily turmoil at airports—particularly Toronto’s Pearson airport—caused by understaffed security and customs choke points and airlines.
Despite hiring more than 900 screening officers since April, the federal government has failed to mandate sufficient funding for employee wages and conditions, said union representative David Lipton….