Sentences with phrase «living wage today»

It is unreasonable to think that a book written 10 years ago should be paying a living wage today.

Where are writers earning a living wage today?

Finally, we will tackle the difficult question of just how many authors are earning a living wage today.

Johnson announced a significant increase in the living wage today, with the rate increasing by 25p to # 8.55 in London and # 7.45 outside the capital.

«There are already scores of British businesses who are saying that the living wage makes sense from them because it improves staff retention and reduces absence rates,» Ed Miliband said at an event promoting Labour's use of the living wage today.

Not exact matches

Today marks four years since since the labor movement known as the Fight for $ 15 launched, and American fast - food employees and other hourly workers are continuing to push for a living wage.

Indeed, living standards for most wage earners today are down from the «golden age» of the late 1970s.

Weather you believe or not (I open my eyes every day) so it's not hard to All will stand before the lord on the day of reckoning which man will no doubtedly usher in and those who don't believe or against god will try to wage war on the almighty to no avail, only to be left in ruins... the great Satan (adversary) will be all who oppose god in battle, that serpent of old is still here today, we live in the middle of a brood of vipers and this website is part of the venom aimed at distorting the faithfuls belief as well as a an agonist for those who wish to continue to disbelieve... CNN is anti god To my brothers and sisters who truly live in Christ Peace be with you and never forget your path despite the darkness that is trying to consume you, bring enough oil for your lamps to live in this darkness and bring extra in case of a delay, he will not abandon you... we will not be forgotten Amen To those who don't, I know the myth of Santa and the easterbunny really choked up your insides to find that they were not real, but childhood is over and it was a cruel human joke designed to make it that much harder for you to believe in that which visits you and you can't see, no matter you have life so is it too much to ask for a little belief?

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

«We feel that today's announcement shows that this objective has been achieved and we are grateful to Steve and the Living Wage Foundation for the roles they played in helping us to reach this point.

Tony has been extremely consistent in saying that Arsenal has flaws (see living wage discussion) but his main point today is that there can be no conceivable reason to keep any of this secret... if it is above board.

Today's Living Wage Commission report, spearheaded by Archbishop of York John Sentamu, comes with some depressingly lightweight demands.

«The living wage is not only morally right, but makes good business sense too,» the London mayor said at an event in London today.

Ed Miliband's plans to encourage businesses to pay the living wage will «not significantly» tackle lower pay, members of his party warned him today.

«Today's minimum wage still leaves far too many people behind — unacceptably condemning them to a life of poverty even while they work full - time,» Cuomo said.

The claim earlier today began a confrontation between Labour and the government over whether making public sector contracts conditional on the living wage being paid is legal under EU law.

I promise today that at the next election, we will present a manifesto that explains how we can help to make the living wage a part of our strategy to make Britain's economy work for working people again.

The figures published today make a mockery of Plaid Cymru's rhetoric on the Living Wage and zero - hour contracts.

Schneiderman said he hopes «today's announcement is the first step toward ensuring a living wage for hard working New Yorkers.»

Also today, Crain's New York editorializes that the Bronx is shooting itself in the foot by demanding living wage.

Today the Greens will unveil a policy for a rise in the minimum wage, currently set at # 6.31, to the living wage, which is # 7.65 and # 8.80 in London.

Today, we're devoting the roundup to the living wage legislation, which was debated in a City Council Committee hearing yesterday.

Today marks the start of Living Wage Week.

Listen to Mike Cherry talk to the Today Programme on calls for all firms to pay the Living Wage.

Iain Duncan Smith led the chorus of Tory approval as George Osborne today vowed to introduce a compulsory «national living wage» of # 9 an hour by 2020.

As debate about the Living Wage goes on this week, much of it will revolve around whether or not more businesses can afford to pay it (an early salvo published today by Unison concludes the LW will be a win - win for low paid people and the wider economy).

And the move to national living wage was also criticised today from within the cabinet, with culture secretary John Whittingdale warning the move would lead to increased immigration unless the UK left the EU.

Three elected officials — NYC Councilmen Corey Johnson and Mark Levin and Assemblyman Keith Wright — were among those arrested today while protesting at LaGuardia's Terminal B this afternoon to push the Port Authority's hand on a living wage and benefits for airport workers.

Councilmember Oliver Koppell told Gotham Gazette today he would consider triggering a rare council rule to bring his living wage bill to the floor should Council Speaker Christine Quinn choose to oppose it.

After much anticipation, the city Economic Development Corp. released a $ 1 million study on living wage policy today, which finds implementing higher pay standards at city subsidized developments would cost jobs.

A study to examine the economic viability of a living wage requirement was approved by the city's Industrial Development Agency board today, but city officials, including Comptroller John Liu, are already raising questions about whether it will be truly independent.

Organized labor's effort to secure a living wage for all workers at the soon - to - be redeveloped Kingsbridge Armory fell apart today, when the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York pledged its support of the redevelopment.

«A new legislative proposal in the City Council that would expand living wage and require labor harmony at all future subsidized living wage retail developments will be an ideal complement to what the mayor has proposed today,» Appelbaum said.

«If I were going to argue what you really need for a living wage in New York City today, it would probably be something like $ 20 an hour, in 2015,» Parrott said.

But he also said «the governor took a little bit of liberty in his rhetoric today» when he said his minimum wage amounted to a «living wage.»

«Ed Miliband will seek today to stand out from the field of Labour leadership candidates with a campaign for a «living wage».

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Today, one health care union is running a pro-Cuomo ad after getting a «living wage» provision for raises for its members as part of Cuomo's Medicaid overhaul.

«Along with other wage - related legislation we are addressing today, the Council has the ability to show its support of New Yorkers who can not afford to live in the city they have helped make great.

But California starting salaries fail to provide a starting living wage for today's newer teachers in view of the realities faced by those teachers, including the hugely increased cost of gaining an education and the dramatically increased cost of housing, especially big city housing.

There is no question that we need to support innovation and new school models given the fact that currently, thousands of students in Colorado have little shot at college, a career, or a living wage in today's economy (over 38,000 Colorado third grade students are not reading at level).

Here's why: The probability of making a living wage in today's economy without some form of postsecondary education is already low and will only diminish.

In today's economy, it is almost impossible to earn a living wage without some postsecondary education after high school.

After seeing the above charts, we were curious to find out how many of today's living - wage - earning authors were considered «New,» and how many were the same long - established «Old» authors who were simply releasing their latest books.

But few folks would consider $ 20,000 per annum a living wage, and only 637 (fewer than a third) of the Big - 5 debut authors from the last 4 years are earning that much today.

Seventy percent of American households with children under 18 admit that they would have trouble keeping up with living expenses within a few months if the primary wage earner in the home died today.

Hoyes, Michalos & Associates Inc. has, effective today, has become an accredited Living Wage employer.

«In these companies, if the drivers are employees, or workers, they would have a number of additional rights, including paid holiday, the right to the national living wage (which the Chancellor confirmed today will be increasing) and protection for discrimination.

A recent survey found more than 3 in 4 Americans said they would feel the financial impact from the loss of a primary wage earner within six months and over half of Americans ¹ say they need more life insurance today.

In 2010, 40 percent of U.S. families with children under the age of 18 believe they would immediately experience significant hardship covering the everyday living expenses if a primary wage earner were to die today.