Sentences with phrase «decent living wage»

Critics have argued that the increase isn't a windfall and just ensures all Ontario residents are paid a decent living wage.

People need to be able to live when they're in work, and there's in - work poverty at the moment, so it's crucial that companies cherish their staff and give them a decent living wage.»

Totally agree, if these companies were providing a decent living wage and had universal health care as they have in most other advanced industrial countries, I would be satisfied.

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They want the same things we all do - career growth, work / life balance, a decent wage, a positive environment.

We'll charge a new Living Wage Review Body with the task of setting it at the level needed for a decent life.

«No one who works full - time should be condemned to a life of poverty and that's why New York took action to raise the wage and provide the opportunity of a decent life to millions of hardworking New Yorkers,» Cuomo said in a statement.

«We make no apologies for fighting to ensure a decent day's wage for a decent day's work and give all New Yorkers a chance at a decent life,» Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said in a statement to The Alt.

9) Corbyn promises everybody a decent home, a proper living wage, secure employment rights and an end to zero - hour contracts.

«Women's equality in all forms, campaign finance reform, sorely needed, it's the basis of our democracy, and minimum wage so people can live a decent life,» she said.

They need to be healthy and strong enough to compete (NHS), they need to be warm (winter fuel allowance) and they need food and a decent standard of living (minimum wage and progressive taxation).

«If you want a job that pays a decent wage, gives you the chance to get on in life, live independently and enjoy your work, then join a trade union.

«We want to provide what the minimum wage was supposed to provide, which was a decent living if you work full time.

Together, we're going to set a national precedent with a $ 15 minimum wage and ensure that those who work hard will be able to make a decent living and enjoy a better quality of life,» said Gov. Cuomo.

«Taking decent paying, middle class jobs with benefits away from experienced, dedicated, and caring state employees and replacing them with private, not - for - profit companies who fail to pay their direct care workers a decent wage hurts local economies and the quality of life for all New Yorkers, not just those receiving care,» CSEA's testimony stated.

Thus, irrespective of their small wage, the purchasing power will be high and they will be able to live decent lives.

And, worryingly, the factory jobs that now provide a decent living for those with minimal training are moving from China to lower - wage countries.

It doesn't have to be extravagant, but having the time and the opportunity to make music and still be able to make a decent living, or a livable wage doing that.

What happened to photography is about to happen to writing — it's going to go from a field where a select few, selected almost at random by publishers, could make a decent living, to one where a much larger number of people can just scrape out a poverty - level wage if they really work at it.

Living wage reflects what an individual needs to earn in order to have a decent standard of living, including shelter, utilities, nutrition, transportation, medical care, childcare, some recreation, and one class yearly to upgrade an educLiving wage reflects what an individual needs to earn in order to have a decent standard of living, including shelter, utilities, nutrition, transportation, medical care, childcare, some recreation, and one class yearly to upgrade an educliving, including shelter, utilities, nutrition, transportation, medical care, childcare, some recreation, and one class yearly to upgrade an education.

Workers at the lower end of the wage and skill spectrum find themselves struggling to make a decent living, with few or no benefits, little job security and minimal control over their work conditions.