Protesting at United Airlines’ annual shareholder meeting, dozens of airline food workers called out the embattled airline for its role in perpetuating indignities against both airline passengers and airline catering workers. They announced that they will be keeping up the pressure in June with a multi-city tour of the East Coast.
Inside the shareholder meeting, Bharat Patel, a dishwasher in the airline catering kitchen servicing United Airlines flights at O’Hare, asked United’s executives: “Do you think I should be paid less than the Chicago minimum wage?”