Houston Airport Workers to Receive Pay Raises Under Mayor’s Executive Order

Houston airport workers to receive pay raises under mayor’s executive order

Mayor John Whitmire signed an executive order raising wages for contracted Houston airport workers to $20 an hour and eventually to $23 by 2028.

Houston airport workers receive 33% raise under Whitmire order, continuing union wins at city facilities

The wage hike continues a string of wins for unionized hospitality workers in Houston. The union expects the wage hike to benefit more than 35,000 workers.

Affordability's Key Ingredient Is Union Power

Tripling union membership would raise wages, reduce inequality and strengthen communities. Policymakers should take note.

‘The Economic Situation and the Budget of the Soviet Union’ by Alexei Rykov from International Press Correspondence. Vol. 6 No. 33. April 22, 1926.

Rykov speaks to the crisis in the New Economic Policy transforming from a shortage of agricultural goods to a shortage of industrial products. ‘The Economic Situation and the Budget of the Soviet Union’ by Alexei Rykov from International Press Correspondence. Vol. 6 No. 33. April 22, 1926. The most important Features of the Economic Situation […]