Annette Taddeo, Faith Leaders Picket with Fired Sunset Place Cleaners
(South Miami, FL) Annette Taddeo, Candidate for the 26th Congressional District, Father Frank Corbishly from St. Bede Chapel at Univ. of Miami, and other faith leaders will join the fired cleaners from the Shops at Sunset Place Mall to demand that the workers be given their jobs back. Many of the cleaners—all immigrant and mostly women and […]
32BJ SEIU Members Endorse Grace Solares for Miami City Commissioner for District 2
(Miami)— Property services workers, represented by 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU), announced today its support of Grace Solares for Miami City Commissioner, District 2. “Grace Solares is one of the strongest advocates for working men and women in Miami. In a city that ranks 4th in the nation in income inequality, we need elected leaders […]
Broward County Give Airport Workers a Raise!
(Fort Lauderdale) Fort Lauderdale airport workers celebrated a hard-fought victory when the Broward County Commission voted to extend the County’s Living Wage Ordinance—which sets wages at $11.68 with health benefits, $13.20 without—to include subcontracted airline workers. “This is a great day in Broward County,” said Broward County Commissioner Dale V.C. Holness. “Today we will make things […]
Mayor Stoddard, Commissioners Protest Firing of Entire Cleaning Staff at Sunset Place Mall
(South Miami, FL) South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard, Commissioner Bob Welsh, and faith leaders will join the cleaning staff of Sunset Place to protest the mall’s new cleaning contractor Coastal Building Maintenance (CBM)’s refusal to hire them. One of the cleaners, Margarita Santa Cruz has been with the mall for almost ten years and prides […]
Airport Workers Demand Living Wage During Commission Meeting
(For Lauderdale) – FLL wheelchair attendants, janitors, and other airline-contracted workers earning poverty wages, who went on strike last week over unfair labor practices, called on the Broward County Commission to close the loophole on the County’s Living Wage ordinance now that the initial draft of their own commissioned study has been completed. Over 1,200 passenger […]
FLL Airport Workers Earning Poverty Wages Strike Over Bullying Anti-Union Tactics
(Fort Lauderdale) As vacation goers prepare to fly to and from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport (FLL) for Labor Day Weekend, airport workers went on strike Tuesday morning to protest repeat labor violations by airline contractors, G2 Secure Staff and Eulen America, that are preventing employees from organizing to improve poverty wages and poor working conditions. Both companies, […]
Working While Hungry at the Airport
(Fort Lauderdale) State Representative Hazel Rogers, Commissioner Dale Holness, and other supporters joined airport workers at a rally today in support of extending Broward County’s Living Wage Ordinance to subcontracted airline workers. The event was held in conjunction with a Public Assistance Benefits Fair, to help workers that earn poverty wages access government assistance programs. […]
Post-Strike, FLL Airline-Contracted Workers to Ask Broward Commissioners: “Where’s Our Living Wage?”
10-11:30 AM on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Broward County Commission hearing: 115 South Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL Fort Lauderdale, FL—Airline-contracted wheelchair attendants, who went on strike over poverty wages and federal labor law violations at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, will deliver letters on Tuesday, asking Broward County Commissioners how to access the County’s Living […]
Airline-Contracted Workers at FLL Airport Strike in Protest of Poverty Wages and Violations of Labor Law
Fort Lauderdale, FL— Dozens of airline-contracted wheelchair attendants at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport went on strike on Tuesday to protest poverty wages and federal labor law violations committed by their employer, G2 Secure Staff, which services Southwest and Virgin America Airlines. The National Labor Relations Board recently found probable cause to authorize a formal complaint […]
Broward Bill Extending Living Wage to FLL Passenger Service Workers Would Add $14 Million to Local Economy
Fort Lauderdale, FL —Broward County Commissioners have introduced a bill to extend the County’s Living Wage ordinance to include over 1,200 passenger service workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport who earn an average of $8.14 per hour, significantly below the federal poverty line. Closing this loophole would inject an additional $14 million per year into […]