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Burbank Airport's ruling body Monday came to the support of airport food-service workers who are in danger of losing their jobs because the airport hired a new catering company.
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority urged the new firm to retain about 50 food-service workers after hearing from their representatives and supporters. The group picketed the terminal building before the authority's regular meeting Monday, then entered the meeting room to make their plea.
The demonstrators, organized by Local 11 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, AFL-CIO, carried signs that read "Jobs, Not Welfare" and "Save Our Jobs."
The 50 or so airport workers staff the...