Sentences with phrase «guarantee of a living wage»

Hawkins and the Green Party have long advocated for a Green New Deal, which is a full employment program with a public guarantee of a living wage job that begins with transitioning to 100 % clean energy by 2030.

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«All of the UK's denominations now guarantee a living wage to all their staff, and just last month the Church of England announced that every Church of England school is now going to be paying a living wage to all its staff.»

The wage - earner described above might well have been drawn to Bernie Sanders, with his promises of free college (for those who saw a better life that way), a higher minimum wage (for those who saw a better life that way), guaranteed government healthcare, and more generous government pensions.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

«That's the way to guarantee not just a minimum wage, not just a living wage but a fair wage, and fair shares of the wealth workers help create.

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

Therefore, laws need to be enacted that will guaranteed a living wage to anyone of that low skill.

Greg Faulkner, Cabrera's chief of staff, said the councilman wants to hear from more residents before he makes a decision, but added that a living - wage guarantee would not be a «deciding factor.»

The developer refused to guarantee tenants of the proposal would pay a living wage.

One solution could be a uniform salary for state legislators, pinned to a state's cost of living, that guarantees a basic living wage without enriching legislators from wealthy backgrounds.

We need many more high quality workplace - based apprenticeships, all of them paying at least the living wage and which lead to guaranteed employment on completion.

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.

Last year, the City Council (with the strong support and leadership of Diaz) killed a proposal to turn the Armory into a shopping mall because the project didn't include guarantees for living wage jobs.

Cuomo not only avoided the multimillion - dollar waves of TV ads by public employee unions and hospitals that sunk the last three governors, but he had special interests running ads praising him, after he promised concessions including a «living wage» guarantee for health care union workers and a cap on medical malpractice awards.

Supporting a Living Wage: A $ 15 living wage is now guaranteed to every City worker and employee of nonprofit organizations contracted with the City, and the Mayor and Council have advocated for higher wages for all workers across the Living Wage: A $ 15 living wage is now guaranteed to every City worker and employee of nonprofit organizations contracted with the City, and the Mayor and Council have advocated for higher wages for all workers across the stWage: A $ 15 living wage is now guaranteed to every City worker and employee of nonprofit organizations contracted with the City, and the Mayor and Council have advocated for higher wages for all workers across the living wage is now guaranteed to every City worker and employee of nonprofit organizations contracted with the City, and the Mayor and Council have advocated for higher wages for all workers across the stwage is now guaranteed to every City worker and employee of nonprofit organizations contracted with the City, and the Mayor and Council have advocated for higher wages for all workers across the state.

Children whose parents are employed full time are less likely to live below the poverty line, but earning a wage was no guarantee of economic security in 2015, according to NCCP research.

The CAW negotiated a three - year agreement with Ford that guarantees 3 % annual wage hikes, an improved cost of living allowance that will add roughly another 1.5 % a year, a $ 1,000 signing bonus and gains in pensions for past and future retirees.