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, […]
People with TPS and Allies Call Out Dan Donovan for Not Acting to Keep Families Here
WHAT: Rally to denounce Rep. Dan Donovan for not acting to support legislative solution to keep people with Temporary Protected Status in the US WHO: TPS recipients from Nepal, Honduras and other countries; members and representatives from unions, including 32BJ SEIU, 1199SEIU, NYSNA; from community and immigrant advocacy organizations, including Make the Road Action, New […]
Chris King, Congressman Soto, FL Senator Torres, FL Rep Mercado & Disney Workers Join Orlando Airport Workers to Protest Poverty Wages
WHAT: Rally for a $15 an hour living wage for Orlando airport workers and release of report showing MCO workers are earning poverty wages. WHO: Chris King, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Congressman Darren Soto, FL Senator Victor Torres, FL Representative Amy Mercado, wheelchair attendants, security agents, baggage handlers, and other airport workers, Disney workers, and […]
Hundreds of Residential Building Workers to Vote on Strike Authorization Thursday, Sept. 13
WHO: Hundreds of residential building workers, supported by: George Latimer, Westchester County Executive Shelley Mayer, New York State Senator Thomas Carey, President of Westchester Putnam-Central Labor Body Labor and community allies WHAT: Hudson Valley Residential Building Workers Vote on Strike Authorization in case contract bargaining fails WHERE: Westchester County Center 198 Central Ave White Plains, […]
New Yorkers Demand the White House Extend TPS outside UN General Assembly
New York – New Yorkers affected by Temporary Protected Status, allies and elected officials will rally today to ask the Trump Administration for an extension of the legal permit to live and work in the United States as representatives of countries from around the world meet for the United Nations General Assembly. The Trump Administration […]
Talks Continue as Airport Workers Prepare for Possible Strike
Philadelphia-Contracted Philadelphia airport workers are holding off their strike another day as talks between American Airlines and the airport workers’ union, 32BJ SEIU, continue into Thursday. Gabe Morgan, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU issued the following statement: “The union and American Airlines are still in discussions but we remain ready to strike if talks break […]
32BJ SEIU Decries Detention of MIT Janitor Francisco Rodriguez
The following statement may be attributed to Roxana Rivera, Vice-President of 32BJ SEIU District 615: “The detention of Francisco Rodriguez by USCIS is a despicable act that our union and our community will fight all the way. Francisco, a member of 32BJ, MIT janitor, father of US citizens, small business owner and all around exemplary […]
MIA Airport Workers to Strike Just Before July 4th Weekend
Baggage handlers, Skycaps, and Ramp agents, employed by Ultra Aviation, an airline subcontractor for international airlines, to walk off job for 24 hours Workers say they’re being underpaid, enrolled in fake health insurance plans WHAT: Rally to support striking airport workers at Miami International Airport. WHO: Baggage handlers, skycaps, customer service agents, wheelchair attendants and […]
Mayors’ Push for Good Airport Jobs Takes Off
At U.S. Conf. of Mayors, Kenney, Levine, Gillum & Vice Mayor Furr to Meet with Airport Workers; Call on Airlines to Respect Skycaps, Wheelchair Attendants, Baggage Handlers’ Right to Organize — New Study Shows Raising Pay at Airports to At Least $15/Hour Would Generate $20 Billion in Economic Activity, Create 22,000 Jobs MIAMI – At […]
Non-Union Workers to Strike at Logan Airport
WHAT: Logan airport subcontracted workers strike WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, June 15 at 7:30 AM: Picket lines up on Terminal C lowel level/arrivals and by the Airport T stop. 11:30 AM: Rally at East Boston Memorial Park (right by Airport T stop) WHO: FFS Inc. wheelchair assistants, supporters, elected officials. Boston, MA—Non-union airport passenger service workers employed […]