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PHL Workers Strike, FluMist Shortage, Syrian Refugee Screening

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 11/19/15 8:55 am | updated: 11/19/15 8:55 am

Workers at Philadelphia International Airport are on strike. This is all part of the first ever nationwide airport workers strike, which began Wednesday night. Workers are demanding a $12 per hour wage and are protesting unfair working conditions. On Thursdayâ€™s picket line will be wheelchair attendants, baggage handlers, plane cabin cleaners and other subcontracted staff. They all work for airline subcontractors, including PrimeFlight, Prospect and McGinn Security. They are teaming with local SEIU 32BJ to protest what they call unfair working conditions and pay inequity. This strike is timed to align with the Thanksgiving travel rush and it includes airports from Chicago, Boston, the New York City area, down to Fort Lauderdale.

Itâ€™s flu season and thereâ€™s still time to get protection. Unfortunately, one of the methods is in short supply. You can get protection from the flu with an injection in the arm or leg, or a quick spritz of mist up the nose. But FluMist is in short supply this year according to Dr. Michelle Karten, a pediatrician with Main Line Health in Villanova. The reason for the shortage is a production problem at the manufacturer. Dr. Karten says the only option now is for flu shot. And thereâ€™s still time- flu season runs through the month of April.

A Philadelphia-based national security expert says the U.S. should hit the pause button on the flow of Syrian refugees into the country until it gets enough information to properly screen them. Edward Turzanski, Co-Chairman for the Study of Terrorism at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, says the countryâ€™s national intelligence director and FBI director recently conceded the government doesnâ€™t possess all the information it needs to make decisions about those seeking entry into the U.S. And, despite the Presidentâ€™s protests, Turzanski says Congress does have the right to question the Obama Administrationâ€™s policies.

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