JFK, LaGuardia Airport Contract Workers Vote to Strike Wednesday
More than 1,000 security officers, baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants at New York’s LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airports voted unanimously to authorize a strike starting Wednesday night.
The contract workers will walk off the job JFK’s Terminal 7, home to British Airways, United Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways, at 10 p.m., potentially causing travel headaches for thousands. The strike will continue through July 23 at JFK and LaGuardia, said Bloomberg.