There’s an L.A. City Council proposal to raise the minimum wage at LAX and at hotels to $30 per hour. Six of fourteen city council members have expressed support, and none of the other eight have expressed opposition.
The proposed minimum wage increase would apply to all hotel workers—including housekeepers, room service attendants, and other hospitality staff—working at hotels with sixty or more rooms. The increased wages would also apply to workers at LAX, including security guards, baggage handlers, janitors, airline catering employees, retail and restaurant workers, as well as other airport staff at LAX.
One Mile at a Time finds it vexing that a minimum wage would be targeted at airport and hotel workers, rather than all workers?
What I’m a bit confused by is why it’s specifically hotel and airport employees who would be eligible for this high minimum wage; why not extend this to other workers as well?
This isn’t at all uncommon. There have been higher minimum wages at LAX, San Francisco and Seattle airports than their surrounding communities. New York JFK and LaGuardia airports have similar setups. These differentials though are usually just a couple of dollars per hour.
There’s a reason for the focus on airports. You can’t just build a new major airport. There hasn’t been one built in the United States in 28 years. Even just building 3 new gates in Austin at the West end of the existing terminal is going to take three years, and that’s a project that’s already been...
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