[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H6826-H6827]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SUBMINIMUM WAGE PAID TO AIRPORT WORKERS

  (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, thousands of janitors, bag handlers, 
wheelchair attendants, and others at our Nation's airports work for 
wages as low as $2.13 plus tips.
  That is not a typo. This is called the national subminimum wage, and 
it is unacceptable. Workers who help more

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than 3 million airport travelers every day deserve better.
  In Chicago, more than 6,000 such workers represented by SEIU Local 1 
now get a living wage and decent benefits, but far too many workers 
still depend on the luck of a tip jar to augment their measly $2.13 
hourly wage. A $2.13 hourly wage will not fly.
  Let's ground a $2.13 hourly wage once and for all. Let's pass the 
Good Jobs for Good Airports Act now.

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