Hundreds rally after bombshell complaint claims life-threatening working conditions at JFK, LGA

Hundreds of employees at Big Apple airports are in constant fear for their lives due to disastrously unsafe working conditions, according to a bombshell complaint.Fed-up Alliance Ground International workers rallied outside John F.Kennedy Airport Friday to share horror stories about their time at the runway and tarmac service company they claim has little regard for its staff.

“Every single day I come to work, wondering if I’m going to make it home safe at the end of my shift.A lot of the equipment we use is old, broken down, and honestly unsafe,” said John Mosquera, who has worked as an AGI ramp agent with Frontier Airlines at LGA for nearly two years.

Mosquera, of the Bronx, told the crowd he passed out on the job during last summer’s record heat wave after he was forced to load bags into the unairconditioned belly of a plane.“Nobody should have to risk their health or their life just to earn a small paycheck.We all deserve to work with dignity and to make it home to our family … No bag, no flight and no company is worth our lives.”The rally comes one week after SEIU Local 32BJ filed two formal “bombshell” complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on behalf of 21 different AGI workers across JFK and LGA.The workers, who are not part of a union, lodged a litany of allegations against AGI, including malfunctioning brakes, prevalent injuries, vehicles in disrepair, unsafe working conditions, no mirrors on vehicles, lack of training and more.At JFK in particular, workers are routinely exposed to fall hazards as high as 30 feet without any fall protection, the complaints allege.

At LGA, the employees are allegedly forced to share protective gear and face shields that are rarely cleaned and are used for employing airplane lavatory tanks.“AGI does not care about workers; they care about money.

This winter was long and brutal.My coworkers and I spent hours outside working in freezing temperatures.

It didn’t matter if we w...