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Port Commission Rebohm/
MeetingMW
Dear Commissioners,

My name is Cindy Richardson and I am the union representative for the airport workers at SEATAC..

Our members asked me to participate in the stakeholder process. We spent a lot of time discussing their

vision for Seatac which was the basis for our input. After reading the staff report and recommendations
it's clear to us that Port staff decided to mischaracterize the issues raised by the 1,000 people working at

their airport. I want to make sure you hear their voices thruogh me and many of them here today.
.

For decades, Seatac has been a union airport. I was a member as a  for many years before
becoming the union representative. We established the Seatac standard for customer service, wages,
benefits and working conditions which has allowed us to support our families. We take our role seriously

and provided thoughtful input on issues we are passionate about.

Of course There were differing opinions and lively discussions, but I was most impressed by how widely
understood and accepted labor harmony and worker retention are to many of the concessionaires in the
room.

We plan to re-organize our union with whomever comes into the airport. This includes large
and small businesses. Nationally our union has agreements with over 100 small businesses.
Even with the higher union standards they are thriving. Our members know it's in their

. interests for their employers to thrive. The fact is UNITE HERE could not exist in 47 North
American airports if we didn't work with a wide variety of businesses.

Yet not one ofthose examples of positive labor-small business relationships were invited to
participate in this stakeholder process. Instead, you are, in some cases, presented with the
opinions of companies who have never done business in an airport as representing the
"prevalent" view.

We know the small businesses would prefer to have a non-union workforce. In the end, that
doesn't change the fact that workers still have a federally protected right to organize.
Employers do not have a choice about that. But we all have a choice about how the organizing
process goes.

UNITE HERE Local 8 is willing to use a process that respects the employer's and the airport's
desire for harmonious operations without disagreements getting in the way of serving the
travelers to our community. Any business, small or large, who can't make that same simple
commitment to our airport should not be considered for a lease at SeaTac airport.

Finally, the Port staff overstated the actual opposition to worker retention and labor harmony. Only a
small number of the stakeholders in the room would actually be affected by the policies. Labor harmony
and worker retention has been embraced by large and small concessionaires alike. This is because the

best employers in the industry value a trained and security cleared workforce as the key to their
success.
These best in class employers also appreciate the role the union can play in their success.

It seems like Port Staff is driving an agenda that goes against the principles of a collaborative
relationship between workers, employers and the government. Instead of giving you options to
consider, you are given a single one-sided solution. We think all stakeholders lucky enough to do
business at Seatac should be willing to make the same guarantees for labor harmony as the workers
are
wiling to make.