A longtime skycap for Delta Airlines at Seattle-Tacoma Airport appeared in an ad pushing for living-wage jobs for airport workers. The ad was produced by Working Washington, a coalition pushing for fair wages and benefits, and highlighted the low pay that workers tasked with keeping air travel clean and pleasant receive. Contract workers at that airport receive an average of $9.70 an hour. In a move that we're sure is entirely coincidental, only three workers weren't hired by the new contractor when Delta switched to a new one recently. The man who appeared in the ad is one of them.
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1 comment:
Okay, it take about 30 seconds to train someone to be a skycap.
How much is that job really worth?
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