About The LAX Airline Services Campaign

Improving Security, Service Quality and Job Quality at LAX

In 2008, LAANE led efforts to secure better wages and a written contract for thousands of Los Angeles International Airport terminal employees. Now, workers who do jobs as diverse as airplane cabin cleaning, assistance for passengers with disabilities, and janitorial work now have guaranteed sick days, vacation and other basic employee rights.

Shortchanged: How Airlines Can Repay Taxpayers for Billions in Subsides by Improving Jobs, Security and Services “Shortchanged: How Airlines Can Repay Taxpayers for Billions in Subsides by Improving Jobs, Security and Services" calls for fundamental change in how airline subsidies are structured. More   Under The Radar How Airline Outsourcing of Passenger Services Compromises Security and Service Quality at LAX A new LAANE report reveals that airlines at LAX are putting the security and the health of the public at risk, while failing to provide adequate services for passengers with disabilities. More

Now, LAANE has partnered with labor groups, community organizations, healthcare advocates and local clergy for a new campaign to secure full family healthcare for LAX employees, their spouses and their children. Because their employers do not pay for family coverage, many of the workers and their families rely on government assistance or emergency rooms—or receive no care at all. These poor conditions result in high turnover rates at the airport, which compromises safety and service quality at LAX.

The people of the City of Los Angeles own LAX, and it is our responsibility to ensure that the airport is not a source of poverty and poor health. That is why LAANE is working with this coalition to gain support in city council to amend the living wage ordinance’s healthcare allotment, which has not been updated since its passage over ten years ago. By amending the living wage, we can provide for the workers who ensure the airport is safe for us all.