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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3976 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2145 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Adrian C. Madaro |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act establishing a minimum wage for employees of airline catering companies. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Adrian C. Madaro1st Suffolk1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3976 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2145 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Madaro of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2145) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Adrian C. Madaro relative to establishing a minimum wage for certain employees of airline |
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| 20 | 20 | | catering companies. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act establishing a minimum wage for employees of airline catering companies. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 28 | 28 | | establish forthwith a minimum wage for employees of airline catering companies, therefore it is |
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| 29 | 29 | | hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public |
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| 30 | 30 | | convenience. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, employees of an |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2airline catering company that holds a commercial services operating agreement or lease with the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3Massachusetts Port Authority who perform work related to such agreement or lease on Logan |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4airport property or off-site shall be paid the same hourly wage as other service workers |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5including, but not limited to, wheelchair assistants, skycaps, ticket agents, janitorial staff, aircraft |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6and cabin cleaning and baggage handlers. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7 For purposes of this requirement, “airline catering” shall include the preparation or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8assembly of food, beverages, provisions or related supplies for delivery, and the delivery of such 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9items, directly to aircraft at Logan airport or to a location on or near airport property for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10subsequent delivery to aircraft. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11 SECTION 2. Any change in the hourly wage of employees of an airline catering |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12company necessary to effectuate section 1 shall take effect within 30 days of the effective date of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13this act. |
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