Thousands of D.C.-area airport workers win a raise after two-year fight

At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... Thousands of workers employed by contractors at National and Dulles airports in the Washington, D.C., area are getting a big raise after a two-year effort : The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's board voted Wednesday to require companies that do business at the airports to pay contract workers a base hourly wage of $11.55 starting in January.