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Rhiannon Duryea
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The Denver Airport has a problem.

The publicly-owned Denver Airport (DIA) generates over $26 billion annually for our economy and is growing rapidly, but the working people who hep generate this record-breaking growth have been left behind.

With housing costs skyrocketing, a worker making the current minimum wage of $10.20 would have to work 85 hours a week to rent a 1-bedroom apartment in Denver. Even some longtime airport employees at companies like United Airlines make less than $12 an hour after over 20 years on the job.

Our ballot measure is an opportunity to lift up thousands of families in our communities.
  • DIA is the 5th busiest airport in the U.S. and has forecast another year of record growth for 2018.
  • With housing costs skyrocketing, a worker making the current minimum wage of $10.20 would have to work 85 hours a week to rent a 1-bedroom apartment in Denver.
  • Some longtime airport employees at companies like United Airlines make less than $12 an hour after over 20 years on the job.
In city after city, airport workers have stood up for and won higher wages. Denver will to be next. It’s time for $15 for DIA.


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CLICK HERE to endorse the $15 for DIA ballot initiative