Sentences with phrase «food workers higher»

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The debate is particularly fraught in the service sector, where fast food workers have organized and protested for higher wages this year.

Specifically, it comes against a backdrop of groups such as Fight for $ 15, which has been organizing fast food workers to demand higher wages.

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.

Not only are his 200 workers likely to stick around longer, he says, they're more productive, and they do a better job, which is important to Klock, whose company provides high - end all - natural food to some of the biggest organic retailers in the country.

And the association has been joining hands with groups like Silicon Valley Leadership Group to show members of Congress how the economies of states like California are almost entirely dependent on foreign workers, from the people who grow and produce food there to the people who are creating high - tech jobs at startups in Silicon Valley, Regelbrugge says

This year brought the franchise industry some impressive highs, like the increasing growth of new jobs, and some difficult lows, such as the ongoing fast - food worker strikes.

Fast - food workers from McDonald's and other chains on Wednesday are participating in the latest in a series of national protests calling for higher pay and better working conditions.

While traditionally in lower - profit and lower - value industries such as food, retail, and other services, worker cooperatives are now on the upswing in high - tech and other business sectors (http://www.isthmuseng.com/inWisconsin) and are converting existing small businesses to this model (http://institute.coop/workers-owners and http://institute.coop/resources/successful-cooperative-ownership-transitions-case-studies-conversion-privately-held).

The higher wages, profits and rents earned in soybeans allow the workers, farmers and input suppliers to buy more food and other necessities — either domestically produced or imported.

According to the California Department of Labor Statistics and Research, workers in food - processing plants have a higher likelihood of being hurt on the job than workers in many other industries.1 One injury while using a meat slicer could end up costing you hundreds of thousands of dollars, especially when you think about the damage that a meat slicer could do to the human body.

The California Department of Labor Statistics and Research reports that workers in food - processing plants have a higher likelihood of being hurt on the job than workers in many other industries.1 A simple investment in solutions such as ergonomic stands can save you from the high cost of employee injury.

Pre-service Requirement: Act 1220 of 2003 and the resulting Arkansas Department of Education Rules Governing the Certification and Continuing Professional Development of Child Nutrition Directors, Managers, and Workers, codified as Code 20-7-134 and 20-7-135, requires that Directors (1) provide documentation of earning a high school diploma or GED, (2) provide documentation of successful completion of one or more of the required trainings (Manager Certification Training, Certification as a Dietetic Technician, Certified Dietary Manager, Registered Dietitian, Associates degree in Foods / Nutrition or Food Service Management) or that they hold a Bachelor's degree in related field, (i.e. Family & Consumer Sciences, Food Service Management, Hotel / Restaurant Management, or Nutrition).

Can you imagine anything more absurd than a company that misleads mothers and health workers on infant feeding and markets high sugar, high salt foods at children being given this role?

Back in March, the Chicago Tribune published a story entitled «Miracle Worker in the School Kitchen,» which featured Paul Boundas, a chef who has taken over the school food at Holy Trinity High School in Wicker Park, Illinois.

Every now and then, an article will appear somewhere touting a «school food miracle worker» who is able to serve what appears to be healthier, higher quality food than what is typically found in school lunch programs, and sometimes the claim is made that the meals cost no more than what a typical school district spends on a less healthy meal.

Where workers» rights are protected - when your food is produced by fully - trained staff working in safe and secure conditions - quality tends to be higher as the managers are forced to look for alternatives.

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

The three members of a state board meeting in Albany to consider minimum wage increases for New York's fast - food workers say salaries should rise, though they haven't immediately determined how high and when.

A big victory for fast - food workers living in the place with the nation's highest income disparity.

Washington (CNN)---- Fast food workers striking for higher wages in seven cities Monday are bound to be disappointed.

MIDTOWN — Workers planned to rally at several major fast - food chains throughout the city Monday to demand higher wages and the right to unionize, organizers said.

The Fight for $ 15 isn't universally popular: Some people wonder why fast food workers deserve higher pay than other minimum wage workers.

He said businesses are forcing the lowest - paid workers to choose between paying the rent or buying food, and the income equality gap between the rich and poor is the highest in history.

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

It protects high standards in food, animal welfare, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, consumer safety, worker rights and countless other areas.

The labor protest movement that fast - food workers in New York City began nearly three years ago has led to higher wages for workers all across the country.

His advocates note that he's pushed parts of the Women's Equality Act and introduced the (un-passed) Dream Act in his budget, in addition to compiling progressive achievements including a ban on fracking and impaneling a board to recommend a higher minimum wage for fast food workers.

Just six months ago, Cuomo said $ 15 an hour, the minimum that fast - food workers demanded that would more than double the federal minimum of $ 7.25 an hour, was «too high,» and proposed $ 10.50 as an alternative.

A three - member board picked by Cuomo to examine whether fast food workers need a raise say they are in agreement that the current wage of $ 8.75 an hour needs to be much higher.

Workers in the fast food industry, tipped positions, and all other industries will get a higher wage starting today as Governor Cuomo continues to push for a $ 15 statewide minimum wage.

Gov. Cuomo's push for a higher minimum wage for fast - food workers directly affects Bruce Colley, who reportedly had an affair with Cuomo's then - wife in 2003 and is one of the...

In an acceptance speech delivered in both Spanish and English, Ms. Mark - Viverito underscored her liberal beliefs, calling for higher wages for fast - food and carwash workers, describing her experience as a labor activist, and, echoing the familiar rhetoric of Mr. de Blasio, pledging the Council would strive «for a more equal and just New York.»

A three member board picked by Governor Cuomo to examine whether fast food workers need a raise say they are in agreement that the current wage of $ 8.75 an hour needs to be much higher.

Scharff, with Citizen Action believes that even without a law to raise the minimum wage for all sectors of the economy, retail businesses will pay their workers more, or risk losing them to higher paying fast food jobs.

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.

While supporters are declaring victory over New York's new higher minimum wage for fast food workers, the action, by a state wage board, highlights a larger question: why are so many in the state dependent for their livelihoods on what are essentially entry level workforce jobs?

The participants then watched film clips of high - or low - status people, such as physicians or fast - food workers, smiling or frowning.

Health - care and emergency workers will this week begin providing medical and food aid for 25 affected villages, after a flurry of studies showed high levels of mercury in people, fish and sediments in the Madre de Dios region.

The highest rates of worker depression (up to 11 %) are seen in people with jobs in nursing home / child care, food service, social work, and health care, among others.

The infant may grow to be an active toddler, a high - school athlete, a health - food - eating college student, an office worker, a parent, a partygoer, or an invalid, with each of these different «bodies» calling for its own special nutrition.

While it is true that processed carbohydrates contribute to today's high incidence of chronic diseases the consumption of animal products and high fat foods are a much larger problem not only in due to health issues with cholesterol and saturated fats but due to all the chemicals (e.g. dioxins, mercury, other persistent organic pollutants) not to mention environmental degradation, animal suffering and worker safety issues.

Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.

Fast - food workers organized by the Fight for $ 15 group plan to join the Chicago Teachers Union's one - day strike, connecting their push for higher wages with school funding.

In this lesson, high school students examine the demographics of fast food and other low - wage workers, learn more about minimum wage and consider different points of view about increasing it, and explore their own opinions about minimum wage and what low - wage employees need.

Bourdain made a point throughout the episode to make it clear that the city's entire food service industry relies entirely on these workers — from street carts to high - end restaurants.

The United Food and Commerical Workers Union (UFCW) is moving from chasing discount retailers like Walmart into the more rarefied world of high end retailers.

In Malden, 12 % of businesses work in accommodations and food services, and these industries have higher workers» comp rates due to the elevated risk for accidents and injuries.

However, the 16 % of businesses working in the accommodations and food services industries will pay higher rates for worker's comp insurance, thanks to increased hazards in the work environment.

Employment of food and beverage serving and related workers is projected to be slightly higher than the average at 10 percent, but will vary by occupation.

Formal education is not mandatory for this job, and most Food Process Workers hold just a high school diploma.