DENVER — Workers at Denver International Airport say they’ll begin a push to raise the minimum wage for airport employees to $15 an hour by 2021.
Backers of the proposed “Denver Airport Minimum Wage Initiative” — including the Unite Here union and activist groups — were announcing Thursday that they will begin collecting petition signatures to place the measure on the ballot in next May’s city election.
The proponents are calling their campaign “$15 for DIA.”
Measure backers would need to collect 4,726 valid voter signatures by Jan. 7 to qualify for the May city ballot. City residents also will choose their next mayor in that election.
The current statewide minimum wage is $10.20 an hour for workers who don’t get tips, higher than the national rate of $7.25 an hour.
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