Sentences with phrase «minimum wage bill»

The governor, himself a supporter of past minimum wage bills, hasn't taken a position on this proposal.

Clinton commended Gov. Andrew Cuomo for working to pass a $ 15 / hour minimum wage bill in the New York Senate today.

UPDATE: The $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage bill has passed both houses of the California Legislature and is headed to the governor's desk.

Passed a separate minimum wage bill on March 5, 2013 that would increase the minimum wage to $ 9.00 per hour on January 1, 2014 with an automatic COLA adjustment annually thereafter.

Sen. Diane Savino proposed a regional minimum wage bill, but she also supports the phase in to $ 15 an hour.

The federal minimum wage bill for now seems largely symbolic, given the legislative gridlock in Washington.

«I don't think the IDC played a definitive role in any of that,» Lipton said, «and I think a progressive majority in the state Senate could have gotten much better raise the age legislation passed, could have gotten a much stronger minimum wage bill, not to mention all the stuff that's left undone.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the state's new minimum wage bill, approved in the recently - passed state budget, this morning.

«This was a false choice... a deeply flawed and severely limited minimum wage bill that never would have passed in exchange for a fiscally reckless pension bill that would have cost New York City taxpayers $ 6 billion,» mayoral spokeswoman Karen Hinton said.

The minimum wage bill is one that's supported not just by unions, but also the labor - backed Working Families Party.

At first blush, it's easy to see how the two could be linked, given business groups» support for the less - generous pension tier for new state workers and the support the minimum wage bill has from unions.

That's fair enough, but the minimum wage bill is easily the most significant legislation they have every agreed on.

Cuomo, a persuasive politician who has engineered numerous legislative victories in the last 18 months, told reporters that passing the minimum wage bill through the GOP - controlled Senate would be harder than passing same - sex marriage.

«I certainly do not want to hurt jobs, so we will not be passing his minimum wage bill.»

The IDC, which features moderate - to - conservative Democrats like David Valesky, have aligned themselves with Senate Republicans on several issues, save for their support of a minimum wage bill that the business groups have generally opposed.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver quickly amended the minimum wage bill in his house (which already included indexing) to match Obama's.

Community activist Jo Ann Lum: «So we're out here to say, like, Cuomo, you messed up with the minimum wage bill that you passed.

Though the business community has disagreed with Cuomo over the minimum wage bill and his recent executive actions raising the wage for fast food workers, Briccetti says she understand the governor has political considerations with the left of his party.

Employers paying the current minimum wage to full time employees will face additional costs of over $ 2900 per employee the first year if this minimum wage bill becomes law, without any increases in productivity to offset it.

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.

NY needs job growth and policies that support that and so far Cuomo's done everything in his power to chase business out of NY, like last year's minimum wage bill.

You should also know that in the near future, Senator Dean Skelos will be allowing the Minimum Wage Bill and the so - called Reproductive Health Bill to come to the Senate Floor, knowing that the Democrats will be voting for both, and in the process, bringing legalized late - term abortion to New York State.

The head of the national gay group Log Cabin Republicans called on Democratic leaders to overrule Baucus and to allow the domestic partner measure to be considered as an amendment to the minimum wage bill.

Skelos stopped short, though of completely ruling out passage of a minimum wage bill in his house.

A prominent Senate Democrat this week took steps to block an amendment to the minimum wage bill that would provide tax deductions for employer - generated health benefits for domestic partners.

Assembly Democrats, led by Speaker Sheldon Silver have already approved a minimum wage bill, while Senate Republicans, led by Senator Dean Skelos, have approved the business tax cuts.

One day earlier, the President of the State's Business Council said her group is working to include some of those offsets in a minimum wage bill that has a chance of passing in the state legislature in 2016.

Clinton, citing the minimum wage bill championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and recently passed by the state Legislature, said she would start at a $ 12 federal minimum wage and that, where possible, it could go higher.

The two are so entwined that the governor deployed the assemblyman as proxy to an endorsement meeting of the Village Independent Democrats club that year — only for the group to endorse Mr. Cuomo's long - shot primary opponent Zephyr Teachout, and cite the minimum wage bill as a reason.

Though the business community has disagreed with Cuomo over the minimum wage bill and his recent executive actions raising the wage for fast food workers, Briccetti said she understand the governor has political considerations with the left of his party.

Barry said Walmart's ultimatum further encouraged his decision to vote for the minimum wage bill.

Reacting to reports that the new minimum wage might not be paid this year because it was not captured in the 2018 budget, the NLC chief expressed confidence that the minimum wage bill would be passed by the National Assembly and implemented by the Federal Government.

The official copy of New York State's $ 15 minimum wage bill is displayed at the Jacob Javits Center, Monday, April 4, 2016, in New York.

Still, the elected officials argued there are key dates for the minimum wage bill coming up much sooner: the primary and general elections that will decide control of the State Senate.

But, Senator Cousins says, she doesn't know if the minimum wage bill or any other legislation will get passed in before the session ends.

Lawmakers are expected to begin voting Thursday night or Friday on the minimum wage bill, a middle class tax cut, and school funding.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday said the House is ready to pass the minimum wage bill as the legislature...