L.A. would be the first city in U.S. with a $25 minimum wage mandate, say proponents of raises for tourist workers.
Hotel and airport workers in Los Angeles could see their minimum wage increase to $25 per hour this year – an amount that would increase each of the next five years until reaching $30 per hour in 2028 – if the City Council adopts a proposal introduced Wednesday, April 12.
The proposed policy would apply to hotels or motels with at least 60 rooms and workers at airports operated by Los Angeles World Airports, which runs LAX and Van Nuys Airport, according to Price’s office.. We’re looking at $25 an hour, and we’ll see where that goes,” Price said ahead of Wednesday’s council meeting, noting that he planned to get input from labor unions and the business community.
The airline industry got billions of dollars in government assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic and secured billions to support airport capital improvements — while “essential” workers risked their personal health to keep facilities running, said David Huerta, president of SEIU United Service Workers West. It represents janitors, cabin cleaners, security officers and passenger service workers at LAX.
Kurt Petersen, co-president of UNITE HERE Local 11, which represents more than 30,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona, said airlines and hotels have rebounded from the“You need to share those profits,” he said of the airline and hotel industries. “Because this city is the most important city for tourism in the world. … And the idea here is that those who work, who are the backbone of this industry … need to be able to live near where they work.
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