Sentences with phrase «hour minimum wage for all 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.

Lawmakers created a different schedule for increasing the state's minimum wage for all workers in Upstate New York than Cuomo's wage board used last year when it ordered that the minimum wage for fast food workers be gradually increased until it reaches $ 15 an hour on July 1, 2021.

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.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan Monday to increase the minimum wage for State University of New York workers to $ 15 an hour — up from the current rate of $ 9 an hour.

The state's minimum wage for all other workers will remain $ 8.75 an hour.

The current state minimum wage for tipped workers is $ 7.50 an hour.

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 has already begun a piecemeal attempt to increase the minimum wage through executive actions to phase in an increase for state workers and fast food workers to $ 15 an hour over the next several years.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an increase in the minimum wage on Sept. 10, the same day Acting State Labor Commissioner Mario Musolino signed an order designating a $ 15.00 per hour statewide minimum wage for fast - food workers — the level recommended by a State Department of Labor wage board over the summer, according to a press release from Cuomo's office.

Invoking the legacy of his father, who passed away a year ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo continued the push for a statewide minimum wage of $ 15 per hour, announcing a gradual pay increase for state university workers at a packed Midtown rally on Mon., Jan. 4th.

How does it make sense to have a minimum wage for one class of workers when state workers — there's many that don't make $ 15 an hour.

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.

Also at noon, low - wage workers, faith leaders and upstate community members launch a 24 - hour vigil at the Capitol to call on the Legislature to include a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and $ 51 million for the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program in the state budget, War Room, state Capitol, Albany.

At 3:30 p.m., Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy, Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, City Councilwoman Marion Porterfield, Schenectady low wage workers, community leaders, activists and clergy call for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage in the state budget, Schenectady City Hall Steps, 105 Jay St.

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.

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.

The announcement comes on the same day that Acting State Labor Commissioner Mario Musolino signed an order designating the $ 15 per hour statewide minimum wage for fast food workers.

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

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.

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.

In 2015, New York led the nation by becoming the first state to set a $ 15 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers.

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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.

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.

The current Gov. Cuomo, conducting an aggressive, union - backed crusade in his father's name for a mandatory $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, unleashed a jaw - dropping attack on a portion of the private sector last week by claiming low - wage businesses are «stealing from the taxpayers of this state» because their workers are entitled to state and federal benefits.

New York State's minimum wage, currently $ 8.75 per hour, will increase to $ 9 for all workers at the end of 2015, as Cuomo, along with other lawmakers and advocates for low - wage employees, continue to champion a future increase to $ 15 for all workers.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced plans to give all state workers a minimum wage of $ 15 an hour, making New York the first state in the nation to set pay for its public - sector employees that high.

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«So Mr. Vice President, today I announce that I will propose to the New York state legislature not just $ 15 for fast - food workers, because a fast - food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour, and home healthcare aides deserve $ 15 an hour, and taxi - cab drivers deserve $ 15 an hour, and every working man and woman in the State of New York deserves $ 15 an hour as a minimum wage - and we are not going to stop until we get it done!&rstate legislature not just $ 15 for fast - food workers, because a fast - food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour, and home healthcare aides deserve $ 15 an hour, and taxi - cab drivers deserve $ 15 an hour, and every working man and woman in the State of New York deserves $ 15 an hour as a minimum wage - and we are not going to stop until we get it done!&rState of New York deserves $ 15 an hour as a minimum wage - and we are not going to stop until we get it done!»

The minimum wage for 28,000 State University of New York workers, including students in work - study jobs, will be increased gradually to $ 15 an hour by 2021.

A state Wage Board has voted to phase - in an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour, making New York the first state in the nation to increase the wage for a single segment of the work foWage Board has voted to phase - in an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour, making New York the first state in the nation to increase the wage for a single segment of the work fowage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour, making New York the first state in the nation to increase the wage for a single segment of the work fowage for a single segment of the work force.

DNC spokesman Michael Tyler said the party's national platform «repeatedly and unequivocally states, the Democratic Party is staunchly committed to making it easier for workers, public and private, to exercise their right to organize and join unions, to increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, to protecting collective bargaining, to strengthening workplace protections, and to investing in infrastructure that uses American products and provides good - paying jobs for American 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.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday the minimum wage for 28,000 state university workers will be increased gradually to $ 15 an hour and he will ask the state Legislature to apply that rate to all New Yorkers.

Fast food workers rallied around the state of New York on Wednesday to push for an increase in the minimum wage in their industry to $ 15 an hour.

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

The state's Restaurant and Tavern Association says it's disappointed that the Governor's wage board did not limit the minimum wage for highly tipped workers to $ 6.50 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.

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.

At Cuomo's direction, the State University of New York trustees on Tuesday approved gradually increasing the minimum wage for 28,000 SUNY workers, including students in work - study jobs, to $ 15 an hour by 2021.

States may have their own higher wage laws, but the federal minimum wage for tipped workers is $ 2.13 an hour.