Exhibit A
MlNUTES EXHIBIT 0" Port Commission_(g( Meeting of 06mm 5, 90% Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council, AFl-CIO 2800 First Avenue, Suite 206 Seattle, Washington 98121 Phone 206-441-8510 - Fax: 206-441-7103 - E-mail: office@mlkclc.org December 2, 2013 Tay Yoshitani, CEO Kurt Beckett, Deputy CEO Port of Seattle 2711 Alaskan Way Seattle, WA 98121 Dear Mr. Yoshitani and Mr. Beckett: As a follow up to MLKCLC Executive Secretary Freiboth's letter, we the undersigned unions and organizations call on you to remain neutral on SeaTac Proposition 1 and strongly urge you to stay out of the legal proceedings being initiated by Alaska Airlines. The electoral victory of Proposition 1 was not simply a win for 6,300 low-wage workers in and around SeaTac Airport. It was a campaign that our unions and community allies eagerly supported and participated in. It is a salient issue of our times, and full implementation ofthe new law is a top priority of the labor movement. We understand that one of the legal arguments being advanced by Alaska Airlines is that the Revised Airports Act of 1945, RCW 14.08, prohibits the City of SeaTac from implementing employmnt standards covering businesses that operate inside the airport. If Alaska Airlines were to prevail in its argument, it would create the absurd situation of a second-class of workers in our state airport workers who would be the only group of workers in Washington state with no right or ability to reach out to their local governments for any type of worker-protective legislation, including legislation related to health and safety, paid sick leave, and minimum compensation and benefits. That is why we were disturbed to learn that, after being pulled into the legal proceedings by Alaska Airlines, the Port may now align with Alaska Airline's legal position. Jessica Bonebright, President 0 Betsy Shedd, Vice President 0 David Freiboth, Executive Secretary AFFILIATED WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Such a stance, besides being legally incorrect, would once again put the Port at odds with the entire labor community on the issue of workers' rights and livable wages. During the time leading up to the passage of Proposition 1, the Port appropriately did not take a position on Proposition 1. Should this issue be placed before the Port Commission for review at your December 3rd meeting, we urge you in the strongest terms to recommend a continued position of neutrality and to stay out of the court case proceedings. Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council, AFL-CIO Washington State Labor Council, AFLCIO AFGE Local 1121 AFT-WA [AM Local 751 lnlandboatmen's Union lLWU Local 19 Laborers Local 1239 OPE/U 8 Pride At Work Puget Sound Advocatesfor Retirement Action Sailors Union of the Pacific Seattle Education Association Seattle/King County Building & Construction Trades Council SEIU 6 SEIU 775NW SEIU 1199NW Teamsters Joint Council 28 Teamsters Local 38 Teamsters Local 11 7 Teamsters Local 252 Teamsters Local 763 Teamsters Local 11 7 UFCW Local 21 UNITEHERE Local 8 cc: Port of Seattle Commissioners opeiu8/acio
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