Sentences with phrase «food worker wage»

Cuomo made the case for a higher fast food worker wage in a New York Times OpEd.

«It depends on the region, because different regions have different phase - ins under the minimum wage, and different regions have different phase - ins under the fast - food worker wage order.

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As U.S. fast - food workers continue to strike over wages, concerns build about what a wage hike might do to franchise owners and consumers.

Several hundred marched near Disney World in October and in December Orlando workers rejected a company proposal to boost the lowest wage by $ 1 over two years to $ 11 an hour because it would still leave new hires at $ 10, according to Jeremy Haicken, president of Unite Here Local 737, which represents food and housekeeping workers.

New York's three - person fast food wage board voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, which it defines as working in an establishment with 30 or more locations.

Places like New York are instituting a $ 15 an hour wage for fast food workers, which many restaurant owners say is too high and will result in either restaurant closures or staff layoffs.

Over the last two years, the movement has brought national attention upon the issue of minimum wage, with a special focus on how much fast - food chains pay workers.

Now workers in Shake Shack's New York City locations have a starting hourly wage of $ 12.50, which is 50 cents more than the city's fast food minimum wage of $ 12.

More than half of the 243 employers in the province permitted to hire temporary foreign workers at minimum wage over a 10 - month period ended in June were in the food - service business, the Alberta Federation of Labour found recently through a freedom - of - information request.

Average weekly wages for airport operations workers, a category that includes baggage handlers and other support staff, fell by 14 percent from 1991 to 2011 — a growth rate that was lower even than the low - wage retail and food service industries, according to a 2013 study.

A report by Anzalone Research Group published by Fast Food Forward, the campaign behind the fast food strikes in New York, found that of the 500 fast food workers it surveyed in New York in April 2013, 84 % said that their employer had committed at least one form of wage theft in the past yFood Forward, the campaign behind the fast food strikes in New York, found that of the 500 fast food workers it surveyed in New York in April 2013, 84 % said that their employer had committed at least one form of wage theft in the past yfood strikes in New York, found that of the 500 fast food workers it surveyed in New York in April 2013, 84 % said that their employer had committed at least one form of wage theft in the past yfood workers it surveyed in New York in April 2013, 84 % said that their employer had committed at least one form of wage theft in the past year.

The Fight for $ 15 movement started with fast - food workers, with a one - day strike by 200 cooks and order - takers, but its strategists have maneuvered to transform it into a broad movement of low - wage workers.

While McDonald's pretends to be «giving back,» it continues to lobby against policies to reduce junk food marketing to children and refuses to pay its workers a living wage, despite growing protests.

Today, fast - food workers — who most often work for franchisees — are campaigning for a new minimum wage of $ 15 an hour.

Today marks four years since since the labor movement known as the Fight for $ 15 launched, and American fast - food employees and other hourly workers are continuing to push for a living wage.

California fast - food workers shift focus from minimum wage to unionizing Los Angeles Times Samantha Masunaga April 14, 2016

In the time since, fast - food workers also have staged strikes, demanding the minimum wage be raised.

A decision to raise the minimum wage for New York's fast food workers could have a profound effect on Dunkin' Brands and other fast food companies.

Alabama Fast - Food Workers Expand Civil Rights Wage Suit Wall Street Journal Melanie Trottman June 30, 2016

Another Voice: Minimum - wage plan for fast - food workers addresses a serious statewide problem The Buffalo News Stephanie A. Miner August 12, 2015

New York Panel Recommends $ 15 Minimum Wage for Fast - Food Workers New York Times Patrick McGeehan July 22, 2015

The panel's decision on minimum wage adds New York to a list of other regions, such as San Francisco and Chicago, that have sought to jack up minimum wages for fast food workers.

Fast - food workers pressing for $ 15 minimum wage, tie fight to civil rights Detroit Free Press Frank Witsil and Aleanna Siacon Feb. 11, 2018

The occupations with the fastest growth were retail sales (at a median wage of $ 10.97 an hour) and food preparation workers ($ 9.04 an hour).

Put differently: The food - service industry made up 30 percent of U.S. hourly workers earning the lowest legal wage, and 65 percent of workers earning less than that.

That wage will only apply to government workers, and more importantly, fast - food workers, the latter of which rank among the lowest paid workers in New York, earning $ 15,954 / year on average.

The food service industry employs most of the country's minimum wage workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and within that sector fast food jobs are typically among those that pay the lowest hourly rates.

Walmart pay most of their employees minimum wage, and those workers get less than 20 hours a week, earn on average $ 16,000 a year, and need to apply for food stamps to raise a family... and those Walmart employees on government help cost each US taxpayer $ 17.00 a year...

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Flanagan's main concern wasn't necessarily the issue itself of transgender rights, but Cuomo's use of executive authority, which previously rankled Republicans when the governor administratively increased the state's minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15.

In New York, Cuomo used the power of a state wage board at the Department of Labor to increase the wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 over the next several years.

In the letter, Laundry, Distribution and Food Service Joint Board Workers United / SEIU Manager Wilfredo Larancuent lays blame at Flanagan and Senate Republicans for trying to cushion the impact of the $ 15 minimum wage on businesses.

«He stood with fast food workers and airport workers in their fight for better wages and benefits, and has been a strong supporter of a $ 15 state minimum wage and a paid family leave policy that can truly help working families.»

If this hadn't passed, Cuomo would have used his executive powers of control over the wage board and done it anyway like he did for fast food workers.

This year, the Governor took the recommendation from the state wage board he created to establish a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers.

A majority of voters polled, by a margin of 62 percent to 34 percent, oppose raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15.

At the same time, Heastie indicated there is no comparison to the SAFE Act MOU and the pending recommendation by a wage board convened by Cuomo to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 for fast - food workers.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo decided last week to have a wage board decide whether the minimum wage should be raised for fast - food workers.

Right now, New York's roughly 180,000 fast food workers are covered by the statewide minimum wage of $ 8.75 an hour, which will rise to $ 9 at the end of the year.

After leading the fight for increasing the minimum wage for fast food workers, Kirk Laubenstein with the Coalition for Economic Justice says it's exciting the facility is on the city's East Side.

And, as always during budget talks, there's potential for legislative horse trading: Senate Republicans want to remove the Cuomo administration's ability to raise the minimum wage for a specific industry, which it used to approve a major hike for fast - food workers last year.

Randy Mastro argues against a minimum wage hike for fast food workers.

The minimum wage should be increased to # 10 per hour so that working people do not have to be supported with benefits, says the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU).

Mr. Figueroa was another player in the major effort to increase the minimum wage in the state, first for fast food workers and then for everyone.

He said the Cuomo's administration should revoke the wage board rulings that set the higher minimum wage for fast food workers.

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The Legislature passed a bill Friday that requires Upstate minimum wage workers who aren't fast food workers to be paid a minimum wage of $ 12.50 an hour beginning Dec. 31, 2020.

Last month, a wage board appointed by Governor Cuomo suggested a minimum wage hike for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

That means a full - time fast food worker could make $ 100 a week more than every other minimum wage worker in Upstate.

The governor proposed having the minimum wage for all Upstate workers to hit $ 15 an hour at the same time as the fast food workers reached that rate.