Sentences with phrase «hour wage for fast food workers»

Mr. de Blasio's announcement today follows a flurry of similar policy initiatives that Mr. Cuomo, after his skepticism of the State Legislature, rolled out unilaterally over the last year: first, a $ 15 - an - hour wage for fast food workers through a special wage board, then the same for state public employees last November, and most recently for SUNY employees Monday — complete with a call for the city to follow.

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 exact matches

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.

At 9 a.m., Walmart workers, clergy, and supporters fast outside the estate of Alice Walton, whose family owns half of Walmart, as part of a national day of action to «demonstrate the hunger crisis for Walmart workers and their families that are struggling to put food on the table this holiday season,» and protest for a $ 15 - an - hour minim wage, 515 Park Ave., Manhattan.

Meanwhile, demonstrators targeted the Dunkin' Donuts on the first floor of the state Capitol even though Cuomo already convened a special wage board to phase in a $ 15 an hour rate for fast food 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.

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.

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.

Cuomo, who used his executive powers through a wage board to phase in a $ 15 an hour rate for fast food workers, says next he wants to try to get a similar increase through the state legislature next year.

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

Mr. Cuomo's office said the state worker wage phase - in would follow the same calendar as his fast food pay plan: taking full effect for workers in New York City by 2018 and for the rest of the state by 2020, with the lowest paid workers getting $ 10.50 an hour by the end of this year and $ 12 by the end of next.

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.

Senate Republicans were displeased with Cuomo's raising of the wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 an hour through a Department of Labor wage board, and have subsequently called for more legislative input on the issue.

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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Voters in his district deserve to know whose interests he has been representing because when it comes to a fair wage, it hasn't been theirs,» said Hector Figueroa, president of SEIU Local 32BJ, which led the drive last year to get $ 15 an hour approved for fast food workers.

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.

A wage board appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, speaking before a packed crowd of fast food workers, says it will authorize a substantial raise for fast food workers, but would not say when, or even if the increase would be the $ 15 an hour that many groups are seeking.

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!»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a labor rally, announcing a plan to get a wage hike to $ 15 an hour for fast - food workers, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in New York.

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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.

This process is bound to result in a significant increase for fast - food workers in New York because their typical pay of less than $ 9 an hour is clearly not enough to pass Wage Board muster.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today applauded his wage board's ruling that fast food industry workers should receive $ 15 an hour for their labor — and shrugged off claims from business groups that the new pay floor will result in layoffs.

ALBANY — A group of 126 elected officials — including 19 New York City Council members — is making a last ditch pitch for a $ 15 - an - hour wage for fast - food workers.