About a hundred people rallied for a fifteen dollar minimum wage outside of today. The demonstration was part of a national, union-organized day of action.
The organized rallies in Cleveland and other cities across the country. SEIU already represents city workers at Cleveland Hopkins and outside, near the arrivals area, airport employee and SEIU organizer Sandra Ellington says she鈥檚 out to support lower wage workers.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e not doing it by themselves, they鈥檙e doing it with other people who do have unions, and that鈥檚 one of the best things in the world to say, hey, I鈥檝e been there. I鈥檝e been in a non-union, worked for a company, worked there for two years and only got a nickel, you understand what I鈥檓 saying? And if the boss don鈥檛 like you, you don鈥檛 get promoted.鈥�
A separate chapter of SEIU spearheaded a campaign for a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage in Cleveland earlier this year. That measure goes to the ballot in a special election on May 2.
