Striking shuttle bus drivers at PHX walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute that could affect the 25,000 people who use rental cars and travel within the airport's terminals daily.
Union officials said an estimated 180 drivers and other related workers took to the picket lines at the off-airport rental car facility that serves the US's 10th busiest airport, protesting a contract proposed by Veolia Transportation.
"We don't want to put anybody in the general public out, but Veolia is giving us no choice," Bob Bean, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1433, told Reuters news agency. The union represents the striking workers.
"They continue to bargain with us in bad faith," said Bean, adding that medical insurance increases and working conditions are at the heart of the impasse...


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