Commissioner Diaz helps secure living wage for MIA concessionaire workers

MIAMI-DADE – The Miami-Dade County Commission on July 24 gave final approval to legislation co-prime sponsored by Commissioners Jose “Pepe” Diaz and Barbara J. Jordan to extend the County’s Living Wage protections to employees of concessionaires at Miami International Airport. The county’s living wage is defined as $15.52 an hour for employers not offering benefits, or $12.63 an hour with a qualifying Health Benefit Plan valued at no less than $2.89 per hour. Employees of County contractors have been benefiting from those protections for years.

“I have strongly supported this legislation because I believe all the good folks working at the airport deserve a decent wage,” Commissioner Diaz said. “It’s the right thing to do.”