Can't Hold Us Down!

On 3/30, airport workers from coast to coast will take action! They’re asking the CEOs of each of the nation’s largest airlines to commit to ensuring that everyone who works at an airport, no matter your race, background or role, have jobs that pay a living wage, provide affordable healthcare and ensure a voice on the job.

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MARCH 30, 2022

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Tell these airline CEOs: Do right by working people

After accepting billions in public dollars and operating out of airports run on public funds, Airline CEOs pay themselves $5,000 an hour on average, while some airport workers are paid as little as $8 an hour. These are the essential workers who help keep our airports safe, clean and running — helping make flying possible. They deserve to be respected, protected and paid living wages with healthcare and paid time off.

Airline CEOs are squeezing working people — from nickel and diming passengers with fees to encouraging a race to the bottom in wages for largely Black, brown and immigrant workers who do critical jobs — like cleaning cabins, securing terminals and assisting disabled and elderly passengers. We're all fed up with airlines ballooning CEO pay. We want air travel to be reliable and stable — and that starts with good, union jobs.

This past year, we've seen waves of working people who are rising up against CEOs and corporations who exploit workers. Join the #UnionsForAll movement advocating for worker power and let these greedy CEOs know: We're not stopping until all working people are able to have a union. Don't wait. Join us!

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Click to see the Good Jobs, Good Airports Pledge

Airports belong to all of us. They are part of our cities and communities. They are built and maintained with public resources to help us connect with each other. That’s why it’s unacceptable that airports aren’t working the way they should or could. Flights are frequently canceled and air travel feels less stable and reliable for passengers. Many frontline airport service workers -who are largely Black, brown and immigrants- lack adequate healthcare or paid sick days, and struggle on wages in some cities as low as $8 an hour. It shouldn’t be that way. Better airports are possible, but airlines can and must do better.

When airport service workers -like wheelchair agents, cabin cleaners, baggage handlers and security officers- are respected, provided family-sustaining wages, benefits and a voice on the job, airports are better for both passengers and communities alike.

The undersigned airline CEO pledges the following for all workers who support air travel and transportation in the airline’s system:

Take responsibility for the largely Black, brown and immigrant service workforce and acknowledge the airline has the ability and responsibility to end poverty level jobs and inequity throughout its system.
Ensure the billions of public dollars airlines receive annually serve the public good --and not just shareholders and executives-- by setting a minimum wage and benefit standard, where all workers have family sustaining wages, affordable quality healthcare and paid time off to spend with family and heal from illness.
Respect workers’ rights to form a union
Encourage contractors to be neutral when workers organize a union and stop using contractors that violate labor laws.
Ensure contracts with airport service providers are able to meet the above wage and benefits standards and the airline will prioritize good service over lowest price.

We make this pledge in order to make all airports, good airports, where working people can thrive, not just survive. Where everyone --Black, brown, AAPI, and white-- are treated equitably and with respect. Where everyone can have a voice on the job. And together, we can ensure a smooth recovery in air travel as we come out of the pandemic.

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Signed CEO of