Good Jobs for Good Airports Act

This bill would require employers of airport service workers at small, medium, and large hub airports to pay those workers at least a set minimum wage and fringe benefits. The minimum would be the higher of a rate set by the Secretary of Labor under Service Contract Act methods or any applicable state or local minimum. Covered workers include baggage handlers, cleaners, passenger assistants, concession and catering workers, and airport hotel staff, but not government or TSA screening employees. Employers would have to certify compliance monthly under penalty of perjury, and violations could bring civil penalties up to three times the usual amount and private lawsuits by interested persons.

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Sponsors

• Edward J. Markey Democrat sponsor
• 16 cosponsors