LA City Council to Require LAX Contractors to Offer Health Care or Pay a Living Wage

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/11942

The Los Angeles City Council approved a measure last week that will help provide health care for more than 5,000 workers at Los Angeles International Airport. Private contractors at the airport have the option of paying workers $14.80 per hour or $10.30 per hour with a $4.50 contribution to a health insurance plan. Also under the measure if an employer offers a health care plan that does not call on the employee to make any out-of-pocket expenses employees can not opt out of the coverage.

[Donnachaidh]

1. why can't they require BOTH?

Jesus -- how far have we sunk when we can't make these companies do the right thing?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Has anyone ever seen how LA maintained control of LAX

when its not contiguous to the City of LA? Makes some of the local gerrymandering look like chump change