Menzies Aviation Paying $15.24/Hour to Its Sea-Tac Employee

Menzies Aviation, a global provider of ground handling services, announced today that effective February 15, 2016, the base rate for its employees at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was increased to $15.24. The rates for leads and supervisors have also been increased in line with the new wage rates. This wage increase affected more than 900 of its Seattle employees. “We work diligently and in consultation with our airline partners throughout North America to ensure that our wages are competitive in each of the markets we serve,” said Menzies’ Vice President Philip Harnden. “In Seattle, we felt this wage increase was consistent with that approach and Menzies’ policy of continually investing in its employees. We also determined to do so despite Proposition 1 continuing to be debated in the courts.”