JFK Airport plane fueling workers may go on strike over holiday weekend

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Teamsters Local 553, the union repping some 300 fuel workers at JFK, has been without a contract for nearly a year with the company supplying fuel services to

amNewYork email newsletterWorkers refueling airplanes at John F. Kennedy Airport may go on strike on Friday, snarling travel plans for New Yorkers over Memorial Day weekend.

the airport, Allied Aviation Services, and the two sides have reached an impasse leaving workers no choice but to walk off the job,Demos Demopoulos, secretary-treasurer of Local 553, told the Post that Allied was unwilling to come to a collective bargaining agreement unless the union “forfeit” its right to go on strike, which he said is a “non-starter.

The union last went on strike in 2005 over disputes regarding health care and pensions, the Post reported.

 

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