Sentences with phrase «minimum wage advocates»

He urge minimum wage advocates to continue to demand a better deal, both to include tip workers but also a much higher initial wage.

The minimum wage advocates aren't the only ones at the Capitol as the budget deal draws near.

Minimum wage advocates have set their hopes on the states.

Not exact matches

Some presidential candidates have advocated a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, whether across the board or focused on a particular industry like fast food.

Many of the policies that Barack Obama has advocated - the Affordable Care Act (ACA), banking reform, and changes to tax rates, the minimum wage, and regulations - make life more difficult for small - business owners.

As well, if we truly believed that minimum wage policy is an effective tool for moderating the business cycle, groups like CUPE and CCPA would advocate reducing the minimum wage during booms.

The CCPA proposal suggests that we can safely raise the minimum wage to 60 % of the average hourly wage, then advocates a minimum wage that does not reach this mark.

In their report Towards a Living Wage, CUPE advocates an immediate increasing to the Ontario minimum wage to $ 14 an hWage, CUPE advocates an immediate increasing to the Ontario minimum wage to $ 14 an hwage to $ 14 an hour.

Still, many economists and public policy advocates argue that in states where minimum wage is higher than the federal mandate, the economies fare better than in states where businesses stick to the federal minimum wage, which is currently not indexed to inflation and hence forces some workers to live below poverty level.

Although the federal minimum wage has not risen since 2007 — and not for a full decade prior — the President's proposal, which also indexes the wage to inflation, riled a lot of small business advocates.

Advocates of higher wages will, conversely, find assurance that a minimum wage increase will benefit the broader economy and business owners.

However, worker advocates groups are fighting the proposed rule by arguing that it could allow businesses to keep employees» tips as long as the staffers earn the base minimum wage.

Cuomo has also denied that he could use his power to unilaterally raise the state's minimum wage through a little - known state board, as some liberal advocates have maintained he could do.

Advocates for increasing the minimum wage are lauding New York's U.S. senators for signing on to a bill that would increase the federal minimum wage to $ 9.80, a move that comes after the effort to increase it in New York to $ 8.50 failed.

The State Senate has turned its back on middle class values and the issues that matter most to our communities, and I look forward to advocating for investments in infrastructure, an increase in the minimum wage and much needed government reforms to clean up Albany.

According to advocates, there are roughly 3 million New Yorkers who make minimum wage.

Senator Addabbo is one of the strongest advocates for raising the minimum wage, and consistently stands up for New York's working men and women.

[66] He has advocated a «National Care Service», integrating care services into the National Health Service [67] Burnham's key economic policies in his leadership bid included a new levy to fund social care, extending the higher minimum wage to all ages (it currently only applies to those over 25), and banning zero - hour contracts.

Many advocates say the minimum wage is one way to help families in poverty.

The minimum wage will increase to $ 15, advocates say that it's not coming fast enough.

Miner spokesman Alexander Marion said the mayor has been an advocate in the minimum wage fight since the beginning, publishing an op - ed in the Buffalo News last August and speaking at a rally in February at the People's AME Zion Church.

And Schumer praised Cuomo's work advocating for a higher minimum wage, calling him «a real leader» on something the senator said he would make a priority in Washington.

In particular, the governor has shown great leadership and vision in forcefully advocating for a first - in - the nation statewide $ 15 minimum wage.

The lobby group's budget analysis singled out the minimum wage proposal backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Democratic lawmakers and wage and labor advocates as the «most significant new business cost» in the spending plan.

Obama also called for indexing future minimum wage increases to the rate of inflation — something liberal advocates, as well as Democrats in the Senate and Assembly, have called on Cuomo to do, too.

Workers, labor advocates and faith leaders plan to hold a 24 - hour vigil at the New York state Capitol in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 15.

Hundreds of low - wage workers and advocates descended upon Albany today to urge the Senate and Assembly to pass legislation that would raise the state minimum wage to $ 10.10, index it to inflation, and allow cities and counties to set their wages 30 percent higher than the state's minimum.

Last year, Governor Cuomo did not advocate for raising the minimum wage until the final weeks of the legislative session, in June.

Advocates for a higher minimum wage are urging for better wages for workers who rely on tips.

Business groups had been lobbying against continuing the tax on the wealthy, while unions and other advocates for the minimum wage say a three year phase in is too long for working people to wait.

Advocates of raising the minimum wage see hope in recent statements by the leader of the state Senate, and hope a deal can be struck by the end of the year.

But James, city councilmembers and advocates were careful to thank the mayor for his new commitment to raise the minimum wage for city employees to $ 15 an hour.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A union representing 32,000 hotel workers has bought TV and social media ads attacking Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner because it says the Upstate Democrat hasn't been a vocal enough advocate of the proposed $ 15 an hour minimum wage.

At 1:30 p.m., 1,000 low - wage workers and advocates will descend on Albany to urge the Senate and Assembly to pass legislation that would raise the state minimum wage to $ 10.10, index it for inflation, and allow cities and counties to set their wages 30 percent higher than the state's minimum, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol.

I DO N'T advocate doing away with environmental laws, workplace safety, the minimum wage and tax giveways to businesses like the Republicans do (yo, Astorino!).

«Through his tireless support for women's equality, raising the minimum wage, and revitalizing economic development upstate, Senator O'Brien has been a leading and effective advocate for the people of Rochester,» Cuomo said.

At noon, advocates from AQE, Strong Economy for All, New York Communities for Change, VOCAL - NY and Citizen Action New York publicly criticize Paul Tudor Jones, the founder of the poverty - fighting Robin Hood Foundation, who spent millions to bankroll Republicans in the state Senate who oppose raising the minimum wage and criminal justice reforms, Robin Hood Foundation, 826 Broadway, Manhattan.

After a decidedly right of center first term (with the exception of marriage equality — which was all politics, and he still lost the gay vote to Teachout in the primary), Cuomo is now trying to lurch left by championing a minimum wage bill that is still weaker than what advocates wanted and what he refused to force through in his first term.

The minimum wage increase, part of a larger anti-poverty program, was also met with mixed reviews from advocates.

At 11 a.m., people with disabilities, workers and advocates speak gather to push for funding for the minimum wage, «The Well» of the Legislative Office Building, Albany.

At the 24th annual People's State of the State, advocates for New York's poor called for a minimum wage of at least $ 10 to address what they call a state crisis of inequality.

«From prosecuting labor law violators, to advocating for a minimum wage increase to fighting outsourcing and erosions of their power to bargain collectively, I'm proud to be an advocate for the working families and union members that form the backbone of our workforce.»

Good - government advocates say Cuomo's campaign to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 has blurred the lines between lobbying and governing.

De Blasio has been a progressive advocate for increasing the minimum wage — pushing for $ 13 per hour in New York City — even as approximately 150 interns in his office, many of whom work full - time, go entirely unpaid by the administration.

Ms. Teachout advocates raising the minimum wage, increasing funding for public schools and eliminating high - stakes testing.

Syracuse Common Councilor Helen Hudson and Council President Van Robinson advocated for an increase in the minimum wage, but did not mention Valesky in their public comments.

Advocates of increasing the minimum age to at least $ 10.10 an hour say there's hope that a deal can be struck between the Senate, and Democratic Governor Cuomo, who said during the election campaign he'd push for a minimum wage hike.

Two other issues that have been popular with New Yorkers, raising the minimum wage, supported in the Assembly, and small businesses tax breaks, advocated by the Senate, are not likely to happen.

Advocates were at the state capitol Tuesday, once again rallying for a higher minimum wage.

The candidate on this stage who pays less than the minimum wage he is advocating for is Aaron Woolf, who pays $ 10.