Historic Healthcare Bill Signed into New York Law
Gov. Cuomo signs ‘Healthy Terminals Act’ to Bring Healthcare to nearly 12,000 Essential Frontline Airport Workers NEW YORK— Sumintra Ramkissoon, a security officer at John F. Kennedy International Airport, is one of nearly 12,000 airport workers receiving a life-changing gift this season: the Healthy Terminals Act signed into law. The Healthy Terminals Act, the first-state level legislation of its kind […]
Essential Contracted Airport Workers Left out of Bi-Partisan Stimulus Bill Demand Inclusion as Final Deal Nears
From the Frontline to the Unemployment Line ~As airlines get $17 billion more in stimulus money, contracted essential workers face possible layoffs resulting from airline shell game~ Washington, D.C., Tens of thousands of contracted airport workers, predominantly Black and immigrant, could find themselves on the unemployment lines for the holidays resulting from an omission in the […]
The New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Endorses Groundbreaking Healthcare Bill, ‘Healthy Terminals Act’
The following statement is attributable to the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus: “The New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus fully supports of the Healthy Terminals Act (S989/A2487) that raises the standards for thousands of New Jersey’s Airport Workers. As we have learned during this unprecedented pandemic of COVID-19, healthcare is a right that should be afforded […]
New York Leads the Way in Passage of Health Care for Majority Black and Immigrant Airport Workers
While the U.S. Senate fails to protect essential workers in stimulus, New York passes ‘Healthy Terminals Act’ to Bring Health Care to as many as 25,000 Essential Frontline Workers NY NAACP Prez Hazel Dukes, Senator Biaggi, Assembly Member Hyndman Join 32BJ airport workers at celebration rally What: Celebration rally for passage of Healthy Terminals […]
Airport Workers—Majority Black and Immigrant—on Path to Win Health Care as NY State Legislature Passes Historic Bill
NY’s ‘Healthy Terminals Act’ to Bring Health Care to as many as 25,000 Essential Frontline Workers (ALBANY NY) As many as 25,000 airport workers, including predominantly Black and immigrant wheelchair attendants, security officers, cabin and terminal cleaners, and other sub-contracted airport workers at JFK and LaGuardia Airports are a signature from the Governor away from winning life-saving health care benefits. After a long, […]
Representative Shalala Demands Protections for Janitors, Security Officers, and other Essential Workers in Next Bailout
58 members of 32BJ SEIU, including a Fort Lauderdale wheelchair worker, have passed away due to COVID-19 (Miami, FL) – US Rep. Donna Shalala (FL-27) joined janitors, security officers, and airport workers on a press call Tuesday, April 28, to demand that the next bailout package include protections for the essential property service workers that […]
32BJ SEIU Celebrates Contracted Airport Workers’ Inclusion in the Bailout; Commends Members of Congress Who Put Workers First
The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU “Today 125,000 contracted airport workers finally got some good news amidst weeks of stress, fear and uncertainty: Congress recognized their vital role in the airline industry and their humanity during the coronavirus crisis and explicitly included $3 billion in the bailout for the […]
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 […]