Working People in Small Washington Community Take Living Wage Directly to Voters

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-kay-henry/working-people-in-small-w_b_4124743.html

Posted: 10/21/2013 8:04 am

Mary Kay Henry President, Service Employees International Union

In the city of SeaTac, which surrounds the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, something special is happening.

Working people in and around the airport have found an innovative way to solve a problem that has become all too familiar across our nation. Through the Yes! for SeaTac campaign, they are taking the question of raising the municipality's minimum wage directly to voters via a ballot measure, Proposition 1.

Airport jobs were once good jobs. Skycaps and passenger service agents were never easy jobs, but they provided a pathway into the middle class. But over recent decades, as more and more services have been outsourced from airlines to their contractors, too many of those jobs have become low-paid.

The story of SeaTac is steadily happening in other communities across the nation. More working people are standing up, getting organized, and fighting back for their communities.

FULL story at link.

[rhett o rick]

1. k&r thanks for posting. nm

[Trillo]

2. Too bad we can't also have the corollary, taking CEO pay to the voters. NT

[WillyT]

3. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!