O'Hare janitors worried about the future of their jobs made a trip to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house yesterday afternoon to protest a new city contract. The workers rallied outside of the mayor's home on his 53rd birthday to protest the deal that will cause some 300 workers to lose their jobs next month, just days before the holidays.
“We don’t know how we will pay the bills, how we will put food on the table. We won’t be able to celebrate Christmas this year with our kids,” Manuel Nieves, a janitor at O’Hare for seven years, said about the impending layoffs. “Obama is always here for the working people, but our mayor’s ultimate purpose is to help the rich, not us.”
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Time is running out for more than 300 O’Hare janitors who stand to
lose their jobs by the end of next week as a result of a new city
contract.
The impending loss next month of 300 custodial jobs at O’Hare
International Airport has raised concerns over the future relationship
between city leaders and organized labor.