Sentences with phrase «meaningful raise»

Teachers haven't received meaningful raises in six years, and there is a lot of frustration around not only that issue, but also the lack of classroom resources.

«It's easier to find a unicorn than a Walmart worker who has gotten a meaningful raise, or hasn't had their hours cut,» United Food & Commercial Workers Union spokeswoman Jessica Levin said via email.

You do this for 40 years, between the ages of 25 and 65, and never, in all that time, enjoy a meaningful raise.

And its conclusions make it all the more dismaying that the pending Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Congress does not include any meaningful raise in federal funding for school meals.

Ms. Reiter said the governor's appointees would support a meaningful raise only if the Legislature — which is not due back in the capital until early January — held a special session before the end of this year to pass legislation that would «address the public's concern and opposition by making the position effectively full - time and limiting outside income.»

After the commission rejected the proposed pay raise last week, a member of the commission said the governor's appointees would support a meaningful raise if the Legislature held a special session before the end of this year to limit lawmakers» outside income.

How teachers «take care of that» is a puzzling feat when one considers the state ranks 46th in teacher pay and teachers haven't had a meaningful raise in six years.

«Gov. McCrory assured teachers that they would see a meaningful raise and promised parents that he would act in slowing the exodus of our best educators to other states.

We should speak out when CEOs receive tens of millions of dollars in retirement packages but middle - class workers have not had a meaningful raise in years.

He founded The Job Sauce, a career advancement company, to help people get hired for their ideal job with a meaningful raise while skipping the typical discouraging application process.