Hike in living wage proposed

With health care costs rising across the nation, the Los Angeles City Council moved on Wednesday to increase the living wage rate paid to airport workers to allow them to get health insurance. Daily News.

At the urging of Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who has taken the lead on the issue over the past year, the council instructed the City Attorney's Office to draft a measure amending the living wage ordinance to increase payments to workers by $2 or $3 an hour.