Houston Airport Workers to Be Paid at Least $12 an Hour by 2021

Airport workers in Houston would be paid at least $12 per hour by 2021, under an executive order signed Oct. 9 by Mayor Sylvester Turner (D).

The new city policy requires a “living wage” for airline and airport workers employed by companies doing business with the city. It covers hundreds of workers at Bush Intercontinental, Hobby, and Ellington airports, including those working for subcontractors to the airlines and concessionaires at the airports, Turner’s office said. The minimum wage would rise from the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to $10.39 in 2019, $11.22 in 2020, and $12 in 2021 and 2022 ...