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Houston Airport Workers Get $20 Hour | Texas News
Houston’s mayor just signed an executive order that’s sending shockwaves through the city’s airports—workers in passenger service, cleaning, and baggage handling are now getting paid $20 an hour, up from as little as $15. This move, backed by years of advocacy, directly impacts folks like Augusta Dylan, who’s struggling to raise her autistic grandchild on less than $17 an hour—and even lost her car to unpaid bills. The mayor says the city’s strength is built on its workers, and this wage boost follows a wave of recent labor wins: hotel workers at the Hilton, convention center staff, airport…
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