Sentences with phrase «raises minimum wage for state workers»

Cuomo, at a union rally in New York City, announced he will raise the minimum wage for state workers to $ 15 an hour by 2018 in New York City and 2021 in the rest of the state.

Governor Cuomo announced he's raising the minimum wage for state workers to $ 15 an hour.

The governor also issued executive orders to raise the minimum wage for state workers.

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DiNapoli said his office also has questions about the timing of the governor's plan to raise the hourly minimum wage of state workers $ 15 an hour in order to set an example for his push for a statewide hike to that level.

He made the decision after the state Legislature refused to approve his proposal to raise the minimum wage for all workers.

Momentum is building for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage in Connecticut, at least for some workers, given the formation of a new low - wage worker advisory panel and this week's recommendation to raise pay for fast - food workers in neighboring New York, according to some state lawmakers and activists.

New York's governor is raising the minimum wage for about 10,000 state workers to $ 15 an hour over the next six years.

The increased hourly wage for fast - food workers represents a raise of more than 70 percent over the state's current minimum wage of $ 8.75 per hour.

Cuomo, along with George Gresham — the president of 1199 SEIU — took about half a dozen questions from participants, who asked how the governor reached the $ 15 figure, why was he able to raise the wage for fast food workers, and why the state is pushing to increase the minimum wage and not the federal government.

He also unveiled a litany of spending initiatives and policy goals that included raising the state's minimum wage to $ 15 and creating a program of paid family leave for New York workers.

At 1:30 p.m., 1,000 low - wage workers and advocates will descend on Albany to urge the Senate and Assembly to pass legislation that would raise the state minimum wage to $ 10.10, index it for inflation, and allow cities and counties to set their wages 30 percent higher than the state's minimum, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol.

Next Wednesday, the New York wage board, convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, is expected to make its recommendation for raising the state - wide minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to raise the state's minimum wage to $ 10.50 with an additional dollar per hour for New York City workers was met with criticism from both the left and the right.

Continuing a push for the payment of higher wages for public - sector jobs, Cuomo announced a plan to raise the minimum wage for state university workers to $ 15.

At the rally, the governor will announce an executive action to raise the minimum wage for state university workers to $ 15.

Cuomo, speaking to the union members, renewed his call to raise the state's minimum wage for non tipped workers to $ 10.50 an hour, $ 11.50 in New York City.

Jones, who supports raising the state minimum wage to at least $ 15 an hour, also criticized Cuomo for misleading the public about the status of a minimum wage board to provide a raise for food tip workers.

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At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.

GOP leader John Flanagan reacted to Cuomo's plan to submit legislation to raise the minimum wage for all workers in the state when the new session starts in January.

GOP Leader John Flanagan reacted to Governor Cuomo's plan to submit legislation to raise the minimum wage for all workers in the state when the new session starts in January.

A restaurant group is seeking to void the state Department of Labor's order raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 per hour by 2021.

It was a good week for supporters of raising the minimum wage, as a state appeals board upheld Governor Cuomo's planned increase to a $ 15 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers, disputing arguments that certain factors weren't adequately analyzed before making the decision to raise the wage.

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Speaking at a breakfast for organized labor workers in May 2014, Heastie remarked, «Raising the minimum wage for organized workers is the key to a good economy for all of us — when workers have more money, they put it right back into the state's economy.»

New York state in July adopted a plan to raise the minimum wage for many fast - food workers to $ 15 an hour over several years.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today declared he was using his executive authority to raise the minimum wage for state employees to $ 15 an hour — and called upon the city to do the same for its public workers.

Cuomo proposed raising the minimum wage to $ 15 for all workers after his administration approved gradually hiking the wage to that level for fast food workers, state government employees and State University of New York emplostate government employees and State University of New York emploState University of New York employees.

NEW YORK CITY — A state wage board has voted, unanimously, to raise the minimum wage for restaurant workers to $ 15 an hour.

The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Fiscal Policy Institute and the Human Services Council are leading a robust statewide coalition of nonprofit providers to call for Governor Cuomo to: Raise the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour for all workers in New York State, including human services workers AND Amend government human services contracts to fund the wage increase.

Cuomo also announced that the state's acting labor commissioner, Mario Musolino, had signed an order that would raise the minimum wage for many fast - food workers in the state to $ 15 an hour over a few years.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo — joined by Vice President Biden — is expected to push today for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage for all workers statewide after the acting state labor commissioner gives final approval to a recommendation raising hourly pay for fast food workers to that amount.

«More people take us as a credible campaign, so they're willing to give us contributions,» Hawkins said by phone, ducking out of a state board that is holding a hearing on whether or not to raise the minimum wage for workers who rely on tips.

Cuomo told the Empire State Pride Agenda he plans to bypass the Legislature — as he did in raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers — by granting transgender people protections through a regulatory process he controls.

The governor is also pressing the State Senate to agree to pass a law to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for workers not covered by his executive action that apply to fast food workers and state worState Senate to agree to pass a law to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for workers not covered by his executive action that apply to fast food workers and state worstate workers.

Last year, Cuomo created a wage board that recommended raising the minimum wage for tipped workers in the state.

Yet just a few months later, Cuomo convened a state wage board, which, in July, voted to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 by the end of 2018 in New York City.

De Blasio, and some his Democratic supporters in the State Senate, maintain the city should have the autonomy to raise taxes on its highest earners, as part of the mayor's broader plan to fund universal pre-K, and that the city should also have the authority to raise the minimum wage for city workers.

But New York, and the rest of the country, could find out if the state raises the minimum wage for fast - food workers.

New York state will gradually raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 an hour — the first time any state has set the minimum that high.

The governor also shared the stage with Stringer at a rally to celebrate a state board's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers — something de Blasio called for before Cuomo, but alas, was unable celebrate because of his Italy trip.

A special panel created by Governor Andrew Cuomo voted Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers in the state to $ 15 by 2021.

A state wage board has agreed to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers form $ 5.00 to $ 7.50 an hour.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown is one of three people who will soon help determine whether New York State raises its minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 10.50 an hour.

PRO: Minimum Wage Increase Makes Good Business Sense BY DARIUS ROSS When Governor Cuomo called for raising New York's minimum wage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state's lowest - paid workers are in urgent need of aMinimum Wage Increase Makes Good Business Sense BY DARIUS ROSS When Governor Cuomo called for raising New York's minimum wage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state's lowest - paid workers are in urgent need of a raWage Increase Makes Good Business Sense BY DARIUS ROSS When Governor Cuomo called for raising New York's minimum wage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state's lowest - paid workers are in urgent need of aminimum wage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state's lowest - paid workers are in urgent need of a rawage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state's lowest - paid workers are in urgent need of a raise.

Magee also praised the state's plan to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to 15 dollars an hour but said it should be extended to all workers.

New York state, for example, voted in September to gradually raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15, whereas an assistant teacher with a bachelor's degree currently earns about $ 13.94 in the city.