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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:40 PM Jun 2014

Low-wage contract workers at regional airports getting long-awaited raises next month

KENNETH LOVETT

ALBANY - Thousands of low-wage contract workers at LaGuardia, Kennedy, and Newark airports will see long- awaited raises next month, the Daily News has learned.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is set to announce Friday that all 12,000 contract employees making $9 an hour or less at the region’s three major airports will receive $1 more an hour starting July 31, sources said.

Their salaries will then jump to $10.10 an hour beginning Feb. 1.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-low-wage-airport-workers-raises-month-article-1.1828191#ixzz34XQg9Glc

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