January 30, 2014 - New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo ordered the Executive Director of the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)
Patrick J. Foye to increase airport workers
minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. However, New
Jersey Governor Chris Christie has made it clear
he does not support a wage increase for airport
workers at the Authority.
Foye sent out letters out to American, Delta,
JetBlue and United at La Guardia and Kennedy
International Airports in which he indicated
workers making less than $9.00 should get an
immediate hourly raise of one dollar and at some
point increase their wage to $10.10 per hour.
At present many of the workers at the port are
making less than $8.50 per hour. As a result
workers have led a campaign to receive better
wages. Foye also requested that employees be
paid for Martin Luther King’s Birthday as a paid
holiday and it should apply retroactively to the
last holiday.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
(PANYNJ) is a joint venture between the States
of New York and New Jersey. It covers much of
the transportation infrastructure of New York
and New Jersey, which includes bridges, tunnels,
airports, and seaports.
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