Airport Workers To See Minimum Wage Rise - $19/hr.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by SeventhFloor

The governors = figureheads

Or puppets.

Of course, but when you are talking about "official" decisions, you want your particularly advantageous figurehead in position.

[shadypinesma]

Getting back to the original topic, good for them. Hell, I wish they would get $38 an hour.

Everyone in this city deserves a living wage. Everyone. It's high time we had a stable, thriving middle class again.

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by grouse789

$19/hr to stand around?? sign me up! My 20 year gig with this city ends next year. Could be a fun "retirement" gig.

I prefer sit down jobs in a office rather than standing all day and come home tired regardless of pay. lol

[mathjak107]

Originally Posted by BugsyPal

You don't know do you?


Verizon, Con Ed and other public utilities have been shedding jobs for years now.


Call Verizon for a service appointment and see what date you get; something at least two weeks (or more) away. Union workers for Verizon went on strike twice recently and got *nothing*, ended up going back to work and basically accepting original contract they first turned down.


Spectrum? Remember those workers who went out on strike? Last time one checked they *still* are out and this has been going on for > year.

the 2008 cleansing showed companies how much in fewer workers they really needed . technology reduced the head counts needed but it wasn't until companies got mean and lean that they realized it . so those jobs never are coming back . if anyone was layed off odds are pretty good they were never replaced .