DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Urges Region’s Airport Authority to Ensure Contracted Airport Workers Earn $15 per hour by 2022
MWAA will vote on DCA and Dulles wage policy on December 18 Washington, D.C. – D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority to ensure contracted workers at Reagan National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport reach $15 per hour by 2022. On December 18, MWAA board members will hold a vote […]
32BJ SEIU & Allies to Announce Markey Endorsement at Press Conference
The Senator Has a Proven Track Record of Standing with Workers For Green Justice, Immigrant Rights & Union Jobs WHAT: Press Conference announcing 32BJ SEIU’s endorsement of Senator Edward Markey in the 2020 U.S. Senate Race WHO: Vice President of 32BJ SEIU Roxana Rivera, SEIU Local 888 Political Director Tom McKeever, Senator Edward Markey, […]
Virginia’s Blue Tide Raises Profile of Contracted Airport Workers’ Fight for $15
MWAA to vote to extend Airport Authority wage policy on December 18 Washington, D.C. – Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (HD-31) and 16 Delegates have signed a letter urging the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority to ensure contracted workers at Reagan National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport reach $15 per hour by 2023. Their $12.15 […]
32BJ SEIU Commends the Introduction of the Airline Accountability Act
On the Heels of Eulen Airport Workers Strikes at JFK and Fort Lauderdale,Senators Booker and Brown Take Aim at the Airline Industry’s Outsourcing Practices WASHINGTON, D.C. – 32BJ SEIU today commended U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for reintroducing The Airline Accountability Act, a bill which targets the airline industry’s practice of outsourcing labor […]
JFK WORKERS RETURN TO WORK AFTER STRIKE
Eulen airport workers are back to work after a 24-hour strike. NEW YORK, N.Y. – On Tuesday morning, union members walked Eulen American workers at JFK Airport back into work after the culmination of their 24-hour strike. The group of union members wanted to ensure workers returned with no incident or further violation of their […]
EULEN AIRPORT WORKERS AT MIAMI, FORT LAUDERDALE, JFK AND REAGAN NATIONAL GO ON STRIKE
SENATOR CORY BOOKER, MAYORS CARMEN YULIN CRUZ AND BILL DE BLASIO TO JOIN PICKET LINE Baggage Handlers, Ramp Workers, Cargo Workers and Others Who Service American Airlines and Delta Flights Walk off the Job to Join Four-City Strike (MIAMI) – Senator Cory Booker, Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, and Mayor Bill de Blasio will join striking […]
FOLLOWING EXPLOSIVE CBS EXPOSE ON HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AT MIAMI AIRPORT, FL LAWMAKERS DEMAND AIRLINES TAKE ACTION
Representative Shalala to hold roundtable to investigate reports of broken-down airport vehicles with no brakes, roach infestations, not enough time to adequately clean plane cabins. Airport workers say they are retaliated against for speaking out against inhumane conditions WHO: Representatives Donna Shalala (D- 27th District) and Frederica Wilson (D-24th District), Miami Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins (District 5), Miami, […]
Newark Airport Workers Who Won “$19/hour” To Protest United Ground Express’ Heartless Failure to Hire
Hundreds Face Uncertain Future Newark NJ— Workers set to receive a hard-won wage increase at Newark Liberty International Airport now face layoffs and reassignments thanks to new contractor, United Ground Express (UGE). 800 workers who provide critical services – ticket agents, security, wheelchair attendants, cabin cleaners and baggage handlers – received layoff notices just before the Port […]
BREAKING NEWS: TOMORROW’s JFK STRIKE BY SECURITY OFFICERS CALLED OFF
32BJ of the SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 Security officers who work for Global Elite doing aircraft and ramp search and checkpoint monitoring duties at the John F. Kennedy International Airport have decided to call off a strike set to begin at 4 p.m. tomorrow. The workers are celebrating […]
Historic Victory, NY/NJ Airport Workers Win Highest Minimum Wage In The Country
JERSEY CITY, NJ—Jubilant New York and New Jersey airport workers celebrated today an important landmark in their fight for dignity and economic justice at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Board of Commissioners approved a proposal to raise wages to $19 by 2023 for the 40,000 […]