Sentences with phrase «hour minimum wage for fast food workers»

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

«Because if fast food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour,» Cuomo said to enthusiastic union members, where he also announced an executive action raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

Perhaps rattled by his relatively anemic win in last year's Democratic primary against liberal long shot Zephyr Teachout, he has quelled key camps of left - wing opposition by unilaterally banning fracking, raising wages for fast - food workers and endorsing a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

«Because if fast food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour,» Cuomo said to enthusiastic union members, where he also announced his executive action raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

That's lower than the minimum wage for non-tipped workers, which ranges from $ 9.70 an hour upstate in some industries to $ 12 an hour for fast - food workers in New York City.

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.

As expected, lawyers for the National Retaurant Association have filed a court challenge to the Cuomo administration's plan to increase the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour through an administrative order that circumvented the Legislature.

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.

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 national restaurant organization is challenging New York's move toward a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage for fast - food workers.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's labor commissioner is likely in the next few days to finalize a phased in hike in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for fast food workers.

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.

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.

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The governor, after unsuccessfully trying to raise the minimum wage further through the legislature, appointed a wage board, which voted in July to increase the minimum wage for fast food worker to $ 15 an hour over the next several years.

It is now looking at whether to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour, and could decide as early as next week.

The governor is also pressing the State Senate to agree to pass a law to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for workers not covered by his executive action that apply to fast food workers and state workers.

«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!»

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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.

The numbers have remained mired despite over all popularity for two of the governor's signature programs, gun control, known as the SAFE Act, and raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

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.

Governor Cuomo's labor commissioner is likely in the next few days to finalize a phased in hike in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for fast food workers.

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.

Cuomo pleasantly surprised many progressive Democrats a few months ago by instituting a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage for fast - food workers, despite vigorous protest by giant chains.