Title
Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Urging/Supporting
Purpose: Supporting contracted Newark airport passenger
service workers
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Newark Municipal Council stands with contracted passenger service workers who work hard every day to make sure record numbers of travelers comfortably and safely arrive at and leave from Newark Liberty International Airport to other ports of call; and
WHEREAS, contracted Newark airport passenger service workers work just as hard as their counterparts at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports; and
WHEREAS, these men and women deserve jobs that allow them to support their families and our economy with dignity; and
WHEREAS, many Newark Airport workers earn the state of New Jersey's minimum wage of $8.25 an hour, or $17,160 assuming a 40 hour work-week, 27% below the 2013 Federal Poverty Guidelines for a family of four; and
WHEREAS, many of these workers rely on public assistance despite full-time employment; and
WHEREAS, these workers are overwhelmingly people of color, including African Americans and Hispanic.
WHEREAS, the municipality of Newark has more African American and Hispanic residents than any other municipality in the state; and
WHEREAS, 28% of Newark residents live under the poverty level; and
WHEREAS, for major domestic carriers flying out of John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, paying contracted passenger service workers at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark at a rate of $10.10/hour would cost less than half a percent of their 2012 total annual revenue; and
WHEREAS, Delta Airline, the #2 carrier in the region for passengers, recently announced that the airline will order th...
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