Peak season logistics is disrupted again! A large-scale strike breaks out at an airport in the United States!

It is learned that according to foreign media reports, on December 11, a large number of cargo handlers at Denver International Airport (DIA) in the United States went on strike, citing unsafe workplaces as the reason for the strike.

The group, hired by international airline services company Swissport, organized the demonstration outside the airport's main terminal. The strike is the latest in a series of strikes against Swissport this year, following similar strikes by company employees in Chicago and New York.

The striking workers said they had made repeated requests for improved working safety conditions, but Swissport management ignored them. "Our warehouse is in a mess and the equipment is badly damaged. We hope this strike will attract Swissport's attention and correct this problem," said one of the workers.

According to a statement on the Swissport website, the Swissport warehouse at Denver International Airport has been operating since 2006 and handles thousands of packages for Amazon and other online retailers every day. This means that this strike is likely to cause a large number of package delivery delays or disruptions.

The strike is the latest in a series of labor actions at Denver International Airport, where janitors went on strike last year for higher pay and delivery drivers for Uber and Lyft also walked out over wages.

About 100 freight movers, about half of Swissport's Denver workforce, participated in an all-day strike on Monday, the report said.

Strike organizers planned the action with the help of the Colorado chapter of the United International Union (SEIU), which represents about 1,200 workers at DIA. In the United States, any worker can strike, but if they are not in a union, they are at higher risk of retaliation.

Swissport workers who took part in the strike said they risked retaliation for speaking out about safety issues at the company's warehouses, which included wheeled trolleys carrying heavy freight containers that frequently broke down, heater failures, squeaking noises from cooling equipment and even fires.

Swissport employees have filed complaints with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and launched a petition to put pressure on Swissport, but strikers who marched outside the airport on Monday said Swissport has yet to make major changes.

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