Airport Contract Workers Protest Around US Over ‘Poverty-Wage Jobs’
“‘We demand to be respected, protected and paid a living wage. We want to THRIVE, not just survive,’ the letter to the airlines’ leaders said.
‘You have the power to transform the airline industry so that every airport job can be a good job that sustains families and helps build stronger communities,’ they added.
Larry Allen, 69, who works as a wheelchair transporter at Dallas Fort-Worth Airport, and makes $8 an hour, told the Dallas Morning News workers ‘need more money and better benefits.
‘I don’t see why we can’t get paid like the other airline workers.'”