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 […]
Over 500 Contracted IAD, DCA and BWI Airport Workers to be Laid off and Demand Coverage from $60 Billion Airline Industry Bailout
Over 500 Contracted IAD, DCA and BWI Airport Workers to be Laid off and Demand Coverage from $60 Billion Airline Industry Bailout Airline bailout proposal contains NO provisions to protect contracted airport workers Washington, D.C. – The airlines’ lobbying group, Airlines for America (A4A) has told Congress that they are seeking the bailout to […]
Outrage as JFK, LGA, EWR Contracted Airport Workers Experience Massive Layoffs, While Airlines Ask Taxpayers for $60 Billion Bailout
Demand comes days after airlines ask government for $60 Billion Bailout in light of COVID-19 pandemic. The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU: “Possibly thousands of 32BJ SEIU subcontracted passenger service workers received layoff notices today. They are frontline cabin cleaners, terminal cleaners, customer service, baggage claim and wheelchair attendant workers […]
Following Layoffs of more than 600 PHL Workers, 32 BJ SEIU Demands Contracted Airport Workers Are Included in Bailout
The following statement is attributable to Gabe Morgan, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU for Pennsylvania and Delaware: “32BJ SEIU contracted cabin cleaners, skycaps, wheelchair attendants and line queue workers, more than 600 workers, received layoff notices today. They are the contracted cabin cleaners, skycaps, wheelchair attendants and line queue workers are on the frontlines […]
Contracted Airport Workers to Congress: Airline bailout must protect the workers whose health and livelihood is on the line
As Airlines Seek $60 Billion Bailout, Contracted Baggage Handlers, Cabin Cleaners, Wheelchair Attendants and other Airport Workers Demand They Are Not Left Behind WASHINGTON, D.C.—SEIU President Mary Kay Henry and contracted airport workers from some of the nation’s top airports are urgently calling on Congress to ensure that any airline bailout prioritizes the health, safety, and […]
Contracted Airport Workers on COVID-19 Frontlines Demand Inclusion in $60 Billion Airline Industry Bailout
At-Risk Contracted Baggage Handlers, Cabin Cleaners and Wheelchair Attendants are in Close Contact with Travelling Public and Lack Paid Sick Leave and Health Benefits WASHINGTON, D.C.—32BJ SEIU President Kyle Bragg and contracted airport workers from some of the nation’s top airports are demanding that Congress prioritize the health, safety, and economic security of the […]
Amid Widening COVID-19 Crisis, Lawmakers Urge Approval of Healthy Terminals Act to Provide Airport Workers Access to Health Insurance
Novel CoronaVirus outbreak highlights the need to give frontline airport workers quality, affordable health insurance, elected leaders say QUEENS, NY—As 32BJ SEIU airport member leaders met near LaGuardia airport today to discuss their fight for healthcare, city and state elected leaders held a tele-news conference to talk about the urgent need to pass the […]