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Union appeals to Massport on wages

By Katie Johnston

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 17, 2012

Workers at Logan International Airport appealed to the Massachusetts Port Authority’s board yesterday to require airport subcontractors to improve working conditions, citing paychecks that don’t cover their bills and sick children left home alone because their parents’ jobs don’t include medical days. More than 30 baggage handlers, security guards, customer service agents, and community organizers attended the public comment period to discuss working conditions of more than 1,500 contracted passenger service workers at Logan, none of whom are employed by Massport.

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