Airport Workers Take a Stand for Good Jobs
Thousands of workers at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, Philadelphia International and the Fort Lauderdale airports are uniting in the fight to raise their pay, benefit and training standards. Many essential passenger services like security, screening, baggage handling, and cabin cleaning are subcontracted out to contractors that often pay wages that keep workers in perpetual poverty, provide very limited training and opportunity for advancement.
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Thousands of workers at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, Philadelphia International and the Fort Lauderdale airports are uniting in the fight to raise their pay, benefit and training standards. Many essential passenger services like security, screening, baggage handling, and cabin cleaning are subcontracted out to contractors that often pay wages that keep workers in perpetual poverty, provide very limited training and opportunity for advancement.
Private security officers in Philadelphia are taking a stand for good jobs and the respect that each of us deserves. Some officers report earning as little as $8 an hour and few have benefits that include quality health care or paid sick or vacation days. Many even have to rely on government assistance for healthcare or [...]
It’s a point of pride in the state that Delaware was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution. It should be a point of shame that the people cleaning the offices of some of the nation’s major corporations there earn poverty-like wages. When Optima Cleaning Systems in Wilmington, Del. took over the contract at the [...]
