4 airlines in NYC told to raise workers' wages

[George II]

Source: Bergen Record

NEW YORK (AP) — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has ordered four airlines at LaGuardia and Kennedy airports to raise wages by $1 an hour for workers making $9 or less per hour.

The agency's director, Patrick Foye, called for the raise in a letter to American, Delta, JetBLue and United. He said it should eventually go up to $10.10 per hour.

Foye also told the airlines to grant the airport workers' request to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a paid holiday.

He acted after President Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union address Tuesday that he was signing an executive order increasing the minimum wage for future federal contractors to $10.10 an hour.

The Daily News first reported on the letter Wednesday.


Read more: http://www.northjersey.com/news/4_airlines_in_NYC_told_to_raise_workers_wages.html

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PRESIDENT Obama's State of the Union Address and his Executive Orders are reaping benefits already.

[SoapBox]

1. Delta...

Is going to WHINE and pout and yell and...

And then want their employees to flood Congress with complaints.

[BlueEye]

2. A good portion of Delta's "ground handling"

is no longer performed by Delta Air Lines employees. They have contracted out much of their ramp functions to a wholly-owned subsidiary called DGS, or Delta Global Services. Unlike the real, Delta, which pays alright and has okay benefits, DGS pays the lowest possible wage and virtually no benefits at all. Their turnover rate is atrocious, I've heard upwards of 70% in the first six months. And their safety record is questionable. No doubt they save Delta a load of money, of course.