Post by pavel on Jan 18, 2016 19:48:00 GMT -6
South Florida airline employees protest for $15 minimum wage, benefits
Sandra Smith works two jobs at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. For the last two years, she’s been a wheelchair attendant and an airplane cabin cleaner. But both jobs pay minimum wage or below, with no benefits.
Last summer, heart failure threw her into a week-long coma. But when she woke up, she had no time to rest. Her jobs don’t offer paid sick leave, so within a week she was back cleaning cabins and wheeling passengers around.
“You have bills, you have rent to pay,” said Smith, a 47-year-old immigrant from Guyana.
On Monday, she and about 40 other low-wage airport workers held a protest for a $15 minimum wage and benefits, as well as the right to unionize.
Read more here: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article55299245.html
Sandra Smith works two jobs at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. For the last two years, she’s been a wheelchair attendant and an airplane cabin cleaner. But both jobs pay minimum wage or below, with no benefits.
Last summer, heart failure threw her into a week-long coma. But when she woke up, she had no time to rest. Her jobs don’t offer paid sick leave, so within a week she was back cleaning cabins and wheeling passengers around.
“You have bills, you have rent to pay,” said Smith, a 47-year-old immigrant from Guyana.
On Monday, she and about 40 other low-wage airport workers held a protest for a $15 minimum wage and benefits, as well as the right to unionize.
Read more here: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article55299245.html