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At Miami International Airport, 40 ticket and gate agents were laid off, with another nine skycaps and janitors at risk.
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Ted Scouten, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The alliance is targeting a law that’s slated to push the hourly minimum wage to $22.50 on July 1 for housekeepers, parking attendants and hotel restaurant workers, as well as LAX skycaps, baggage handlers and concession employees.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
Forgotten tipped workers like hotel maids and airport skycaps were already hit hard by a cashless economy.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Skycap service is back at some airports, closed at others: Travelers who like the convenience of checking bags outside instead of lugging them into the terminal will find some skycap counters open and others still closed.
—Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
Virgil is a skycap by trade but an entrepreneur by heart.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
Orlando now has a customer-service department that trains all airport employees, from fast-food workers to skycaps to TSA officers, on how to make eye contact, be productive and pick up trash.
—Scott McCartney, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
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Ted Scouten, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The alliance is targeting a law that’s slated to push the hourly minimum wage to $22.50 on July 1 for housekeepers, parking attendants and hotel restaurant workers, as well as LAX skycaps, baggage handlers and concession employees.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
Forgotten tipped workers like hotel maids and airport skycaps were already hit hard by a cashless economy.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Skycap service is back at some airports, closed at others: Travelers who like the convenience of checking bags outside instead of lugging them into the terminal will find some skycap counters open and others still closed.
—Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
Virgil is a skycap by trade but an entrepreneur by heart.
—John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
Orlando now has a customer-service department that trains all airport employees, from fast-food workers to skycaps to TSA officers, on how to make eye contact, be productive and pick up trash.
—Scott McCartney, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
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“Skycap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skycap. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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skycap
noun
sky·cap
ˈskī-ˌkap 
: one employed to carry hand luggage at an airport
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