The airplane cleaning crew at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport whose fight with managers became the focus of a union-led protest earlier this week is back at work.
Two managers confronted and upbraided the seven-person crew, all Muslim and employees of U.S. Aviation Services Corp., which provides cleaning and other services for Delta Air Lines, for taking a short break last Friday night for prayers. The managers took their security badges and, according to the crew members, said they would be fired.
The company said the workers had not been fired but were told to go home and come back on Monday to discuss the conflict with higher-level managers.