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Hundreds of workers at Hollywood's Diplomat Beach Resort, who are members of the union UNITE HERE Local 355, have voted to strike. The union's contract with the resort expired last week. One thing they’re fighting for: higher wages.
Safer airport workers mean safer airplane passengers, say experts
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Contract workers shared stories of how low pay and lack of benefits have made it increasingly harder for them to pay their bills.
Maria Bogarin, an immigrant from Argentina, has never been so tired in her 10 years working as a cabin cleaner at Miami International Airport — staffing shortages, delays and cancellations have sent her sprinting through MIA, cleaning 10 to 11 American Airlines and Delta planes per day, up from the seven planes per day she used to clean before the pandemic.
911 workers in Broward may see immediate pay raises soon, Miami-Dade's first Heat Season is underway, and a Starbucks unionizing in South Florida may be a sign of an upward trend.