Two-thousand of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport’s baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, janitors, and wheelchair attendants could go on strike during the busy Thanksgiving travel period. Although the employees are not formally unionized, they are working with the Service Employees International Union Local 1 to protest against sub-par working conditions and to earn $15 an hour. The strikers are subcontractors of the airport and therefore not technically employees. Approximately 1.5 million travelers are expected to pass through O’Hare Airport, but Chicago’s Department of Aviation does not expect the strike to disrupt the airport’s services.
See "O'Hare workers threaten to strike during busy Thanksgiving week", Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, The Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2016