Wheelchair assistants from left, Jose Burgos, Tasha Gordon, and Ms. O. McKnight sit among chairs idle from lack of passengers at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 19, 2020. A labor union says hundreds of contract workers at Philadelphia International Airport are getting laid off as flight cancellations soar because of the spreading coronavirus. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
March 19, 2020
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March 19, 2020 6:49 p.m.
Union: Hundreds of Philadelphia airport layoffs amid virus
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of contract workers at Philadelphia International Airport are getting laid off as flight cancellations soar because of the spreading coronavirus, a labor union official said.