Airlines
Labor Strife Spreading Across Latam Network
Union leaders meet to discuss expanding work actions outside Chile.
Lan Airbus A320s also fly as Lan Express within Chile and the surrounding region. Nearly 900 Lan Express workers went on strike last Thursday in protest of poverty-level wages. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by maarten-sr)
Lan Airbus A320s also fly as Lan Express within Chile and the surrounding region. Nearly 900 Lan Express workers went on strike last Thursday in protest of poverty-level wages. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by maarten-sr)

More than 75 union leaders from the Latam Group planned to meet in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday to discuss expanding a labor dispute by Chilean LAN Airlines maintenance and ground support staff to Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Paraguay.