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WELCOME TOSUNNY FORT LAUDERDALE !
BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA
YOU ARE IN FLL
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
DID YOU KNOW?Hundreds of FLL airport workers around you are working for low wages & substandard benefits.
HERE ARE SOME OF THEIR STORIES…
“I make $4.91 an hour…a $5/hour raise would allow me to buy health insurance.”–Michael Bush, Skycap, PrimeFlight, FLL
“A good job provides adequate healthcare, a vacation package, an adequate standard of living. A good job makes all the difference in the world.” –Arnold Freeman, Wheelchair Attendant, Direct Airline Services, FLL
“A good job would help me to be able to breathe a little bit, to have my head above water.”–Rashard Grant, Wheelchair Attendant, Bags, FLL
“How can a company really survive well when its employees aren’t doing well? We make the company. We are somebody too.” –Squire Allen III, Skycap, Bags, FLL
“A good job means being able to take care of your family.” –Theotis Pressley, Passenger Service, G2 Secure Staff, FLL
“A good job would help my family weather things when the economy goes down. We have to get together and unite.”–Gloria Nejjar, Wheelchair Attendant, Bags, FLL
“Every two weeks you get paid $400 My rent alone is $800. I’m always using overdraft protection from my bank just to stay afloat.”–Trey Archer, Wheelchair Attendant, Bags, FLL
“If had a good job, I would be able to take care of my family better…we have to stand up with a union to get it. We’re not going to give up.”–Edlyne Galett, G2 Secure Staff, FLL Terminal 1, Southwest Airlines
Stand with FLL Workers. Tell the Broward County Commission to extend the living wage law to cover airport workers employed by subcontractors.
Sign the petition:
bit.ly/FLLGJ4ALL