Lawmakers Demand That Commercial Building Owners & Universities Offer Continued Pay, Benefits to All Cleaners on the Frontlines of Coronavirus
Working Families Need Economic Relief as Layoffs and Cuts in Hours Accelerate The following statement is attributable to: City Councilors—Boston: City Council President Kim Janey, Annissa Essaibi-George, Ed Flynn, Julia Mejia, Kenzie Bok, Lydia Edwards, Ricardo Arroyo; Cambridge: Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, Alanna Mallon, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, Marc McGovern, Patricia Nolan, Quinton Zondervan, Tim Toomey; Chelsea: Roy Avellaneda, Damali Vidot; Everett: Gerly […]
New Jersey Mayors Warn Commercial Building Owners not to Lay Off or Cut Benefits to Building Service Workers on the Front Lines of Coronavirus
The following statement can be attributed to Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, Passaic Mayor Héctor Lora, Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano, and Morristown Mayor Timothy Dougherty: “Office cleaners, security officers, porters and other building service workers who are 32BJ members are among ‘essential workers’ on the front lines of the Coronavirus crisis, keeping buildings […]
Mayors and Elected Officials from MA to FL Demand that Contracted Passenger Service Workers are Included in Airline Bailout
With Senate Poised to Vote on a Bailout Mayor de Blasio, Mayor Kenney, Others Sign onto Letter Urging Immediate Action from McConnell The following letter was delivered to the Senate Majority Leader and House Speaker today: March 24, 2020 TO: Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate 317 Russell Office Building […]
Laid-Off BWI Airport Workers in Crisis before Vote for $60 Billion Airline Bailout
Airline bailout proposal excludes contracted airport workers who face dire consequences Baltimore, MD – The airlines’ lobbying group, Airlines for America (A4A) has told Congress that they are seeking the bailout to avoid layoffs, but meanwhile thousands of contracted airport workers are laid off, including 78 at Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport who facing dire circumstances: Daijah […]
Laid-Off DCA, Dulles Airport Workers in Crisis as Vote on $60 Billion Airline Industry Bailout Looms
Low-wage workers on the frontlines of COVD demand protection from Congress Washington, D.C. – The airlines’ lobbying group, Airlines for America (A4A) has told Congress that they are seeking the bailout to avoid layoffs, but meanwhile thousands of contracted airport workers have been laid off. Layoffs at Washington’s Reagan National and Dulles International Airports will […]
Elected Officials Across Hudson Valley Warn Building Owners not to Layoff or Cut Benefits to Cleaners on the Frontlines of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The following statement is attributable to NY State Senator Shelley B. Mayer, NYS Assemblyman David Buchwald, Westchester Legislators Catherine Borgia, Catherine F. Parker, MaryJane Shimsky, Colin D. Smith, and Christopher A. Johnson, and Yonkers City Council Majority Leader Corazon Pineda-Isaac: “As we all know, the nation is focusing on the Hudson Valley as a […]
Outraged New York and New Jersey Elected Officials Join 32BJ SEIU in Demanding Congress Include Contracted Airport Workers in Bailout Following Layoffs of more than 1,500 JFK, LGA and EWR Workers
Public Increasingly Calls on Congress to Support Working People, not Multi-Billion Dollar Corporations NEW YORK and NEWARK, N.J.— Contracted skycaps, wheelchair agents, cabin cleaners, and baggage handlers from the nation’s busiest airport system— John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport— received layoff notices due to flight reductions caused by the […]
Outrage as Miami & Fort Lauderdale Airport Workers Get Laid Off, While Airlines Ask Taxpayers for $60 Billion Bailout
*Versión en español sigue Outrage as Miami & Fort Lauderdale Airport Workers Get Laid Off, While Airlines Ask Taxpayers for $60 Billion Bailout Senate introduces bailout package that leaves out tens of thousands of wheelchair attendants, cabin cleaners, baggage handlers, security agents and other contracted workers (Miami, FL) On the heels of massive layoffs […]
Airlines on Verge of Getting $58 Billion Bailout Following Mass Layoffs of at Miami and Fort Lauderdale Airports
Senate introduces bailout package that leaves out tens of thousands of wheelchair attendants, cabin cleaners, baggage handlers, security agents and other contracted workers (Miami, FL) On the heels of massive layoffs this week at the Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports, the Senate introduced today a bailout package that includes more than $58 billion in the […]
Outrage as Airport Workers Experience Massive Layoffs, While Airlines Ask Taxpayers for $60 Billion Bailout
Public Increasingly Calls on Congress to Support Working People, not Multi-Billion Dollar Corporations WASHINGTON, D.C. — Working people and elected officials from coast to coast are outraged that contractors for major airlines are laying off thousands of front-line contracted airport workers while they lobby for a nearly $60-billion taxpayer bailout—again. The airline’s bailout request came […]