Push to Raise Minimum Wage Goes Local, at Airports and Hotels
Labor unions and community groups are pursuing an increasingly successful strategy to force employers to pay their workers more: minimum wages for specific occupations and industries.
Big union victory in anti-union Texas: Minimum wage workers in Houston show how to win better pay
While Donald Trump’s Labor Department works to diminish employee rights, organized workers have scored an important victory deep in the heart of anti-union Texas.
Houston Airport Workers Take Historic Step Toward $15/hr, Union Rights
Baggage handlers, catering workers, cabin cleaners, wheelchair attendants and other airport workers in Houston took a major step forward in their fight for $15 and a union, as Mayor Sylvester
Hundreds Of Houston Airport Workers To Get Raise, Higher Minimum Wage
Hundreds of workers at Houston’s three airports will get a raise under an executive order Mayor Sylvester Turner signed Wednesday.