Nearly 800 furloughed Orlando International Airport restaurant workers now face being laid off for good. Another 1,119 restaurant workers from airports in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Miami are also slated to be let go. @UNITEHERE_CFL @MCO https://bit.ly/2FBHyMA 
Nearly 800 furloughed Orlando International Airport restaurant workers face being laid off for good

Hundreds of Orlando International Airport’s restaurant workers have been furloughed from their jobs since late March because of the coronavirus pandemic, all of them waiting for the day they’d get a...

https://bit.ly/2FBHyMA
This comes after HMSHost workers and @UNITEHERE_CFL, the union helping them organize, filed a federal complaint alleging they'd been furloughed in relation for supporting the union effort. Workers believe that's behind these layoffs, too. @LMariaGarza https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange-county/os-ne-orlando-airport-workers-union-complaint-20200720-zzwpw6fnvvhibcbbu5wiam62fm-story.html
Orlando airport workers file federal complaint alleging layoffs, threats over union support

Restaurant workers at Orlando International Airport have filed a complaint with the National Labor Board alleging employees were let go because they supported a union drive.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange-county/os-ne-orlando-airport-workers-union-complaint-20200720-zzwpw6fnvvhibcbbu5wiam62fm-story.html
Employees of HMSHost-operated Starbucks, Chick-fil-A & Outback have demanded that when airport restaurants reopen they be brought back fairly by seniority. The board overseeing the airport says it doesn't have the authority to require that. @KevinSpear https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/transportation/os-ne-orlando-airport-workers-protest-20200610-av7lgl7v5nfcxg4tn6ciewiogq-story.html
Furloughed restaurant workers at Orlando airport rally for fairness in rehiring and health protec...

Restaurant workers laid off at Orlando's airport protested Wednesday, calling for the airport authority to require concessionaires to rehire former workers and establish mandatory health protections...

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/transportation/os-ne-orlando-airport-workers-protest-20200610-av7lgl7v5nfcxg4tn6ciewiogq-story.html
More backstory from @ChabeliH:
▫️Claims of LGBTQ workers being discriminated against https://bit.ly/2FJliR6 

▫️An OSHA complaint alleging HMSHost didn't protect workers https://bit.ly/2COMJb8 

▫️And the day 150 were let go after spending hours cleaning https://bit.ly/2Qao9Vh 
Workers at Orlando airport’s Starbucks claim managers discriminate against LGBTQ, transgender...

At Orlando International Airport, workers are raising concerns about what they say are pervasive anti-LGBTQ and transphobic practices taking place largely at Starbucks locations operated by HMSHost,...

https://bit.ly/2FJliR6
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