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WELCOME TO SUNNY FORT LAUDERDALE ! BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA

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Page 1: FLL MLK Birthday 2015 Action

WELCOME TOSUNNY FORT LAUDERDALE !

BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA

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YOU ARE IN FLL

Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

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DID YOU KNOW?Hundreds of FLL airport workers around you are working for low wages & substandard benefits.

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HERE ARE SOME OF THEIR STORIES…

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“I make $4.91 an hour…a $5/hour raise would allow me to buy health insurance.”–Michael Bush, Skycap, PrimeFlight, FLL

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“A good job means being able to take care of your family.” –Theotis Pressley, Passenger Service, G2 Secure Staff, FLL

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“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

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“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

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“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

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Stand with FLL Workers. Tell the Broward County Commission to extend the living wage law to cover airport workers employed by subcontractors.

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Sign the petition:

bit.ly/FLLGJ4ALL