Sentences with phrase «member of the living wage»

WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Kitty Callaghan, a member of the Living Wage Western Massachusetts steering committee.

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Most do not realize that the battle for the hearts and minds of church members is being waged against the power of a civil religion that forms the life commitments of most church members.

For example, several ISEAL members have come together to form the Global Living Wage Coalition, and ISEAL is working in partnership with The Sustainable Food Lab and GIZ on the Living Income Community of Practice.

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«Voluntary measures alone may not significantly improve the number of people earning a living wage,» Labour assembly member Fiona Twycross said.

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.

«As the lone Upstate member of the state's Fast Food Wage Board, we know that you have an acute understanding of the differences between the economies and cost of living between Upstate and downstate New York.

Members highlighted good Labour councils such as Manchester and Oxford, which pays a living wage of at least # 8 to all employees, against a few mavericks.

The Bronx, represented by Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (and at least a handful of Bronx Council members), with backing from the retailers union and the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance (KARA), wants Related to require their Armory mall tenants to pay a living wage ($ 10 an hour, plus benefits).

Diaz, the entire Bronx Council delegation, along with members of the Northwest Bronx Comnunity and Clergy Coalition and the city's biggest retail workers union, fought for living wage jobs as part of a Community Benefits agreement with the developer, the Related Companies, but a deal couldn't be worked out.

«On behalf of the half - million New Yorkers invested in our fight for a living wage for direct care workers, we want to express our gratitude for the tremendous support we've received from members of the Senate and Assembly,» the campaign said in a statement.

During the public comment portion of Wednesday's Common Council meeting, speakers — to the applause of audience members — cited numerous studies in support of the positive impacts of a living wage.

In preparation for a long - awaited Nov. 22 City Council hearing on Living Wage legislation, which has its roots in the battle over the fate of the Kingsbridge Armory, supporters, including several Council members, are stepping up their p.r. campaign.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union have launched a campaign to increase their pay to the «London living wage» of # 7.85 an hour.

Also at noon, advocates for people with developmental disabilities, including Assembly members Angelo Santabarbara, Patricia Fahy and James Tedisco, state Sens. George Amedore and Neil Breslin, and former Assemblymen Harvey Weisenberg and Tom Reynolds, highlight the need to for the state to cover the cost of paying direct service providers a living wage, Senate lobby, state Capitol, Albany.

It is commendable that he, as well as numerous members of the Democratic party, believe that all current workers at minimum wage and future workers be given a more conducive living wage but in practice it would cause a greater number of current workers and perspective workers to be or remain unemployed.

«We told the mayor that while he was telling us he was against the project, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen was having private email conversations with FreshDirect lobbyists promising support for the $ 140 million subsidy if the company could deliver on living wage jobs, but more than half of FreshDirect's workforce remains below living wage,» Harry Bubbins, member of the group, said in the press release.

Assembly Member Mosley, however, tells LaborPress» «Blue Collar Buzz» that Albany not only needs to act now to secure a fair contract for CUNY faculty and staff — but that Governor Andrew Cuomo also needs to convene a wage board to help improve the lives of farm workers.

In the latest feud, council members and advocates will gather on the steps of City Hall tomorrow to denounce a $ 1 million city - funded study on the effectiveness and success of living wage policies.

In the wake of Council Speaker Christine Quinn's decision not to support paid sick leave, some City Council members and advocates are attempting to make waves on another issue: the living wage.

Now a bill at the council, introduced by council members Annabel Palma and Oliver Koppell at the request of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., would require any developer that receives public subsidies to pay a living wage to every employee on the premises.

The Daily News reports that Council members Oliver Koppell and Annabel Palma are introducing a bill that would tie the creation of living wage jobs ($ 10 an hour, plus benefits or $ 11.50 an hour) to city - subsidized development projects.

Liu was one of three IDA board members to vote against the living wage study, calling the proposal a «sham.»

The City Council could kill the plan because of the lack of a living wage requirement, or members of the Bronx delegation could agree to a watered - down wage deal with the developer, The Related Companies, and the Bloomberg administration.

But he appeared to be taking none of it, leaving him as the only Bronx Council member publicly bucking the borough president's push for the living wage provision.

Two board members, Buffalo mayor Byron Brown and SEIU secretary treasurer Mike Fishman, heard testimony from workers, labor leaders, business owners and academics mostly decrying the working and living conditions of minimum wage fast food workers and endorsing economic theories bolstering the case for a substantial increase in the minimum wage.

She's also probably like at least some unions on her side and a stamp of approval from the many council members who are for the living wage.

At a hastily - called press conference at City Hall, Quinn, who was joined by fellow council members and the head of the retail workers» union, announced plans to introduce a new «living wage» bill that will force developers receiving more than a $ 1 million in city subsidies to pay their workers at least $ 10 an hour, plus benefits, or $ 11.50 without — significantly more than the $ 7.25 minimum wage.

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.

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At the same time, through the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), we joined forces with local community members and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to build RePower LA, a program in which low - income residents lower their neighbors» utility bills and receive a living wage as they make businesses and homes more energy efficient, train for jobs with the local utility, and get on a path to union membership.

Wage earners who want to buy life insurance so they can provide a financial safety net to family members in the event of their early death are making a wise decision.

Purchasing a life insurance policy to provide a safety net for remaining family members in the event of a wage earner's untimely death makes good financial sense.

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