NEW YORK, March 22 - The board that
oversees major airports in New York and New Jersey voted on Thursday to consider phasing in a minimum wage increase to $ 19 per hour by 2023, affecting about 20,000 workers.
The Department
oversees the safe operation of the United States transportation system including more than 3.9 million miles of public roads, 120,000 miles of
major railroads, 25,000 miles of commercially navigable waterways, 5,000 public - use
airports, 500
major urban public transit operators and more than 300 coastal, Great Lakes, and inland waterways ports.