May. 14, 2025 By Shane O’Brien
Service workers union 32BJ SEIU has welcomed life-changing benefits for thousands of workers at both LaGuardia and JFK airports in the recently-approved state budget, which includes measures to expand paid vacation and improve health insurance for all airport workers across New York State.
The state budget included expansions to the existing New York Healthy Terminals Act, which was first introduced in 2021 and established wage standards at airports across New York as well as providing coverage for full-time workers.
The expansion introduced in the long-overdue 2025-26 state budget included measures to provide coverage to an additional 15,000 workers not covered under the original act, including ramp, cargo, concessionaire, retail and part-time workers.