Sentences with phrase «living wage for»

He should stop the four - week wait for young adults for Centrelink, and then start talking about a living wage for everyone, including those on NewStart..

«This is # 5 per hour, far below the # 7.20 per hour national living wage for the over 25s which they would be entitled to if they were «workers».

The annual increase to the minimum wage rates are due to take effect from 1 April 2018 as follows: The National Living Wage for workers aged 25 + is set to increase from # 7.50 per hour to # 7.83 per hour; For workers aged between 21 — 24,...

In April, the National Living Wage for employees aged 25 and over will rise from # 7.50 to # 7.83, together with other increases to the National Minimum Wage rates.

Outside of these lump sums, the royalty streams for sound recording do not offer a living wage for most musicians.

Artist Statement I believe we should all fight for a living wage for all citizens.

So they'll pay me a living wage for my book?»

Solomon did graciously point out that publishers» royalty terms barely produce a living wage for authors, and that change needs to happen before traditional publishing becomes obsolete.

As a librarian, it was considered a great place to have on your resume, but a lousy place to actually work because NYPL did not pay a living wage for the city of New York.

The arguments against a living wage for teachers — they get the summers off, they have a six - hour day, and so on — are tired, damaging, and based on false information.

The living wage for a state is the lowest per hour wage a worker would have to earn (assuming a forty - hour work week) in order to make ends meet.

Many education support professionals across our state earn less than a living wage, and NSEA remains committed to ensuring a living wage for all our members.

But California starting salaries fail to provide a starting living wage for today's newer teachers in view of the realities faced by those teachers, including the hugely increased cost of gaining an education and the dramatically increased cost of housing, especially big city housing.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has been questioned over whether it is paying teachers less than minimum and living wage for marking.

I value knowing that pesticides won't be passed on to me and that the laborers were paid a living wage for their work.

All of our employees are compensated above the designated living wage for Weld County.

It's outrageous that at the same time he is refusing to support a living wage for working families in Syracuse so that they can afford the basics,» said Jerry Lotierzo, the Coalition chair.

«Our law will require developers who receive major taxpayer - funded subsidies pay a living wage for the jobs they create,» she said.

«Woolf is not going to represent a higher or living wage for people who live in this district.

But all the speakers clearly preferred it to stay empty rather than give over a public building with public subsidies to a mall developer who won't guarantee a living wage for employees of its retail tenants.

Andy Burnham says Labour will scrap tuition fees, renationalise railways and introduce a living wage for all ages if he becomes its leader.

One would require a prevailing wage for building service employees, while the other would require a living wage for every worker on a city - assisted development, including the development's tenants.

One such opponent of the Related Companies» project is Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, who has repeatedly said that a comprehensive community benefits contract — including a pledge to provide a living wage for workers — is integral to garnering his support.

As state lawmakers huddle with the governor this week to hash out a final spending plan — the final budget is due on Saturday — both the Assembly and Senate proposals include an initial $ 45 million toward a six - year plan to create a living wage for direct care workers.

Organized labor's effort to secure a living wage for all workers at the soon - to - be redeveloped Kingsbridge Armory fell apart today, when the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York pledged its support of the redevelopment.

Both the state Assembly and Senate budget proposals include an initial $ 45 million towards a six - year plan to create a living wage for direct care workers.

These commitments include a national living wage for public sector workers, electrification of the transport network and a «National Care Service».

Receiving honors for the fight for a living wage for all workers will be Shantel Walker, on behalf of Fast Food Forward.

«I am committed to delivering a real living wage for everyone over the age of eighteen - ending the discrimination of those under 25.

Mr. Lipton, who has campaigned for better pay for low - wage workers for years, said, «There's clearly a new standard for the minimum wage, and it's actually a living wage for the first time in many, many decades.»

A large turnout for yesterday's Ithaca Common Council meeting bore witness to a historic moment for laborers in Tompkins County as the city, joining with the Town of Ithaca, chose to support a living wage for all workers in the county.

«On behalf of the half - million New Yorkers invested in our fight for a living wage for direct care workers, we want to express our gratitude for the tremendous support we've received from members of the Senate and Assembly,» the campaign said in a statement.

Both one - house budget bills include an initial $ 45 million for a six - year plan to create a living wage for home care workers.

Schneiderman said he hopes «today's announcement is the first step toward ensuring a living wage for hard working New Yorkers.»

In races against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2010 and 2014, he advocated for issues like a living wage for workers, a ban on fracking and a millionaires» tax.

In the last two campaigns for governor, Hawkins pushed for a living wage for workers, a ban on fracking and a millionaires» tax - all positions that Cuomo later adopted as part of his platform.

I make it 21 to date, including tax - cuts for low - earners, the introduction of a mansion tax, a major council house - building programme, cuts to universal benefits for wealthy pensioners, rent reforms for private tenants, a living wage for public sector workers, and an elected House of Lords.

In a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, the groups urge a living wage for drivers and question ride - sharing app Uber's commitment to accessibility to those in wheelchairs.

I will fight to ensure dignity and a living wage for all New York State workers, and will stand strongly against any attempts by the federal government to undermine unions.»

Our Rainbow Fund allows families to receive this support, while at the same time compensating our team members with a living wage for their important and valuable work.

We favor third - party - certified coffees in order to help guarantee a living wage for historically impoverished farmers.

Also in doubt is whether the church's financial structures can provide both retirement benefits for a graying clergy and a living wage for full - time lay pastoral associates who have families to feed.

All those who work in your house should be free people who are paid a living wage for the work they do for you in raising your family, working your farms and defending your property.»

The unusual short - case justification for the first two options assumes that shifting the balance of power in favor of labor can force a redistribution of income from capitalist bad guys to worker good guys and thereby achieve a living wage for the firm's employees.

The just price of shoes should provide a living wage for shoemakers; the just price of milk should preserve the family farm.

We rightly take up the legitimate question of whether our present economic structures provide a living wage for ordinary people.

But, where is the party of a living wage for a day's work?

I make good coin myself but understand our larger challenge to not have a living wage for all «career» Americans.

The study found the living wage for Metro Vancouver increased $ 0.33 over last year to $ 19.14 — a jump mediated by the introduction of the U-Pass, which has helped cut bus transportation costs for some families struggling to make ends meet.

Just last year, Vancity Credit Union — the biggest such union in the country — pledged to provide a living wage for its employees.