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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Supporting Airport Service Workers
Purpose: Supporting airport service workers for increased salary, wages and benefits.
Sponsor(s): Council President, LaMonica R. McIver
Additional Information:
This Resolution urges The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to amend its minimum wage policy to increase wages, require health insurance, paid vacation and holidays for airport services workers.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") owns the land on which Newark Liberty International Airport ("Newark Airport") resides; and
WHEREAS, over a thousand (1,000) airport service workers at Newark Liberty International Airport are also residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, airport workers at Newark Liberty International Airport provide valuable services to the airport and thereby to the City; and
WHEREAS, Newark and New York City airports are some of the most heavily trafficked globally, and they rely on an experienced, well-trained, highly-motivated workforce to assist in identifying security issues, emergency response, operating equipment safely, and providing experienced customer service; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the "Port Authority") amended its minimum wage policy for non-trade workers to bring the minimum wage for airport service workers at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty Airports to Nineteen Dollars and Zero Cents ($19.00) by September of 2023, with no scheduled increases beyond this date; and
WHEREAS, the United States has seen its highest inflation in four (4) decades since the Port Authority last implemented a wage policy; and
WHEREAS, the Port Authority's policy did not require that employers provide their employees wi...
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