Hear airport security officer Alesia Horton urge the mayor of Houston and members of the Houston City Council to pay a $15 minimum wage and respect workers’ right to form a union. Watch as she tells them about the long hours she works to provide the basics for her family. But get this: Horton has it “good.” As a security officer who inspects vehicles for hazardous materials, bombs and lethal weapons, she makes $12 an hour, much more than other airport workers such as Sky Caps making as little as $2.13 in tipped wages. No wonder Council Member Robert Gallegos responded to her testimony by calling it “very shameful for the city of Houston to have workers working like that.”
Houston airport worker directly urges Houston City Council to support $15 and a union
Shares her story about working long hours to make ends meet, but also about coworkers even worse off making just $2.13/hour in tipped wages
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