[Seattle-editorial] Feature proposal: Sky Chef

[jonathan lawson]

[from Portland IMC mostly]

subtitle:UNION BUSTING GOES UNDERCOVER
title:Protest Blasts Sky Chef/INS 'Racist Scapegoating' at SeaTac

Activists descended on SeaTac Airport Saturday to express concern for the 
"outrageous anti-worker and immigrant conduct" of LSG Sky Chef, a 
subsidiary of Lufthansa Airlines, which makes airplane meals. On April 18, 
16 unionized LSG Sky Chef workers were arrested by Immigration 
Naturalization Service (INS) officials who were disguised as LSG Sky Chef 
management. Since September 11, 2001, airport employers across the U.S. 
have been using "national security" as an excuse to bring in the INS and 
remove workers who have been active in unions. The operation was condemned 
by local <a href="http://cabana.diaryland.com/020612_31.html">labor 
leaders</a> and religious groups; <a href="http://www.jwj.org/">Jobs with 
Justice</a> of Washington called the practice "racist scapegoating."

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