The recent Ebola scare has forced about 200 cabin cleaners at New York's La Guardia Airport to go on strike over what they say are safety conditions.

The workers who walked off are employed by Air Serv, which contracts with Delta to clean airplane cabins and bathrooms. It is expected that the workers will remain on strike for at least 24 hours.

The organizers said that the workers walked out Wednesday night around 10 pm, adding that the demonstration is being organized by 32BJ Service Employees International Union, which the workers voted to join earlier this year.

According to organizers, the workers protest is part of a long-running fight for the demand for good working conditions that had grabbed the attention following the Ebola scare. The workers clean garbage and human waste from the planes and they are claiming that they are not provided adequate protection.

The workers went on strike just a day after federal officials announced that the US plans to start checking the temperatures of passengers arriving at five airports including New York's John F. Kennedy International airport and Newark Liberty International in Newark, N.J.

The workers, however, do not deal with international flights, but they admitted that their concerns predate the Ebola scare. Rob Hill, vice president of 32BJ, said, "The issues happened way before Ebola, but it's now come to a head."

The union had organized training programme today in order to raise awareness about the deadly viral disease. According to Mark Duell, vice president for operations at FlightAware, a flight tracking service, JFK welcomes direct flights from countries in western Africa, but there are none to LaGuardia.