Service Employee International Union 32BJ

SWISSPORT CARGO WORKERS AT NEWARK INTERNATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST WAGE THEFT AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

Workers allege Swissport Cargo did not pay required benefit supplement and engaged in unfair labor practices such as interrogating workers and retaliation tactics.

Newark, New Jersey (December 2022) –Newark International Airport Swissport Cargo service workers came together for a 24-hour strike and rally in response to the companies’ wage theft and unfair labor practices.

The strike began today at midnight, when 8 workers from the nightshift began picketing outside the 340 building of EWR’s Cargo area with pickets at 12am, 5am, 11am, 1pm and a rally at 1:30 pm. At the rally, the workers were joined by City of Newark Council President Lamonica McIver, City of Newark Councilwoman Louise Roundtree, and City of Newark Councilman Patrick Council, as well as community allies such as Unite Here.

Earlier this year, Swissport Cargo workers at Newark International Airport filed a complaint with the New Jersey Department of Labor alleging that the company failed to pay the $4.60 per hour health and welfare supplemental benefit defined in the New Jersey Healthy Terminals Act. The Healthy Terminals Act, which went into effect in September of 2021, requires employers at Newark International Airport to contribute $4.60 per hour (later raised to $4.80/hour) towards the cost of health insurance for their workers, or else to pay the workers an...

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