It's Simple. To Make Air Travel Safer, Pay Airport Workers More
Jan. 2, 2018
The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to raise wages for 10,000 LAX workers and require fully-paid emergency response training to protect travelers at the nations’ second busiest airport.
Airport workers at LAX will be paid a minimum of $17 an hour by 2021 and will continue to be paid at least $2 above the city's minimum wage.
The City Council and union airport workers should be commended for this bold action, which will begin to reverse a decades-long trend of declining real wages at U.S. airports. Other cities should act now and follow their lead.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/its-simple-make-air-travel-safer-pay-airport-workers-more-760717
