SEA Airport aircraft fuelers reach agreement with employer

SEA Airport aircraft fuelers reach agreement with employer

SEATAC, Wash. — 150 aircraft fuelers at SEA Airport were poised to walk off the job after teamsters voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize a strike. But by Friday, the Teamsters and employer Swissport had reached an agreement and averted any strike. According to Jamie Fleming, a union leader with Teamsters Local 174, the “nonstop marathon of negotiations” on Thursday and Friday included members of Swissport’s highest levels of management, some …