Sentences with phrase «minimum wage budget»

But as someone who experienced firsthand the difficulties of managing a minimum wage budget, I'd encourage others in similar positions to at least save (even if minimally) while paying off debt.

Oh and one more thing, not sure if It was my minimum wage budget back in high school making the clothing seem more expensive in price or what, but everything in the store was 50 % off.

When I was a teen in the 80's, creepers were a bit out of reach on a minimum wage budget.

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Raising the federal minimum wage to $ 10.10 from its current level, a 39 percent increase, would lift close to one million workers out of poverty, according to a 2014 report by the Congressional Budget Office.

In addition to being a real eye - opener, the recent Congressional Budget Office report on raising the minimum wage had something for everyone.

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Specific policies include encouraging job creation and innovation in the new energy economy; improving the fairness of employment standards (including re-establishing the National Minimum Wage; reversing «tax giveaways» to corporations; introducing and maintaining balanced budgets; protecting Canadians from «price gouging» by businesses; implementing income stabilization programs for farmers; promoting long - term economic and environmental sustainability of marine and forestry resources; and re-investing in education, skills training and apprenticeships to help Canadians succeed in the economy.

Funding was returned to health care, education and human services, two panels studying climate change and natural resource royalties were struck, corporate taxes were increased, a 3 - year minimum wage increase was implemented, and a provincial budget is expected to be tabled in the fall.

Discuss the cost of raising a family, minimum wage, the cost of diapers and other necessities as part of a family budget, and the importance of education.

Labor costs often amount to as much as half of the budget for a school nutrition department, but salary for cafeteria workers varies greatly, with some districts paying close to minimum wage for entry level workers, while others may pay closer to $ 15 - 20 per hour even for those workers still at first step.

Silver added that he did not expect his proposal to increase the minimum wage would eventually become a major sticking point in the $ 132.5 billion budget, which could be ironed out as early as this week.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday shrugged off the call from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for an even either minimum wage increase than what is proposed in the state budget, saying it's up to the state Legislature to vote on the issue, not the mayor.

Heastie said the California move — making that state the first to increase its minimum wage to $ 15 in the nation — not a factor in the budget talks.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday insisted paid family leave and a $ 15 minimum wage remain on the negotiating table, though an agreement remained elusive this afternoon on the broader $ 154 billion budget.

But the pension plan as submitted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in the budget itself, while the minimum wage measure, for now, is a standalone item introduced yesterday.

Last year, business groups in Albany, for the most part, were not fans of the budget's minimum wage increases hitting $ 15 and 12 weeks of paid family leave.

«During that conference was a very difficult one because obviously the most divisive part of the budget was the minimum wage and there was a big divide in the conference,» he said in the interview.

Unions have made noise about challenging Sen. John DeFrancisco, the deputy majority leader, over his vocal opposition to a minimum wage increase, though that could be tempered after all 31 Republicans backed the budget bill containing the hike.

The compromise on the minimum wage is most acute upstate, where the floor will be increase to $ 12.50 and then have a «safety valve» to determine when it will hit $ 15, based on a Division of Budget study of the economy.

Felder ended up casting the lone «no» vote on the ELFA (education, labor and family assistance) budget bill, which included the minimum wage hike as well as key some education aid.

The budget last week ultimately approved a $ 15 minimum wage for New York City and the suburban counties of Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk phased in over different periods.

In the call, Obama cites the recent budget agreement in Albany that Kaminsky voted for as a sitting member of the Assembly, which included a 12 - week paid family leave program and an increase in the minimum wage targeted for $ 15 in downstate counties.

A likely agreement on the budget for the minimum wage is expected to include a $ 15 wage for New York City by 2018 and longer phase - in periods for the suburban counties.

The letter is perhaps one of the bluntest and most truculent of the minimum wage debate, which is part of the broader budget negotiations.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heasite on Wednesday morning departed a meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the state budget, indicating he was open to a potential «modification» for the minimum wage to accommodate agricultural businesses.

They were passing the budget that Leader John Flanagan had negotiated for them which included a robust paid family leave program and a path to a $ 15 minimum wage.

The Assembly plans to approve its one - house budget next week, which will also include an unspecified minimum wage increase.

Meanwhile, Republicans have increasingly chaffed at budgets that proposed tax hikes or minimum wage increases, issues that are anathema to their base already restive over the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control package that Cuomo counts as a signature accomplishment.

Republican lawmakers in the chamber have for the past several legislative sessions pushed for an ease to regulations in the state, and this year the GOP conference renewing that effort after ultimately backing an increase to the state's minimum wage in the budget, with the floor growing to $ 15 in some parts of the state over the next several years.

-- Governor Cuomo says he's open to doing the minimum wage outside of the budget.

They should be very excited about a bold, progressive budget that includes a much higher minimum wage and the establishment of a paid family leave program.

The agreement for workers» compensation in the budget was key for business organizations that had reeled over last year's spending plan that included a minimum wage agreement setting the floor at $ 15 over the next several years and a paid family leave program.

As for Flanagan's answer today that their one house budget resolution will address the minimum wage, one insider said that is easy enough to do.

The popular held belief is that the minimum wage is holding up the state budget.

Mr. Klein defends his record, adding that he tried a last - minute maneuver to try to pass the women's act and was central to the passage of an increase in the minimum wage, three on - time budgets and the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun - control bill.

He's been an ally of former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, a Democrat, and voted for the current state budget, which phased in a $ 15 minimum wage for parts of the state and enacted partial paid family leave.

This year, he pushed through aggressive gun - control limits, raised the minimum wage by nearly two bucks, and extended a tax surcharge on millionaires, all the while wrapping up the budget before Easter, which used to be about as common in Albany as kudzu.1 It was his father who famously said (to this magazine, in 1985) that «you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose.»

And, as always during budget talks, there's potential for legislative horse trading: Senate Republicans want to remove the Cuomo administration's ability to raise the minimum wage for a specific industry, which it used to approve a major hike for fast - food workers last year.

Working on a bipartisan basis, we passed a budget giving minimum wage workers three raises over the next two - and - a-half years.

I tend to doubt we'll see a $ 15 minimum wage across the state relatively soon, but I think eventually we'll get there, and I think it will be in this year's budget,» said Magnarelli, a Democrat from Syracuse.

Cuomo's $ 145 billion budget plan, which he first laid out in January, calls for a gradual hike in the state's minimum wage, which currently sits at $ 9 an hour.

Magnarelli said he thinks the Republican - controlled Senate still doesn't want to approve a minimum wage hike, but said he believes they will eventually agree to do it to get a budget passed.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged a crowd of several hundred union members and others in Solvay on Wednesday to demand their state legislators pass a $ 15 an hour minimum wage this month as part of the state budget.

Cuomo did not specify what he thought those workers should be paid, but he sought (unsuccessfully) during the budget talks to increase the minimum wage to $ 11.50 in New York City and $ 10.50 in the rest of the state.

Assemblyman Al Stirpe, a Syracuse Democrat, said he's optimistic the Legislature will approve a statewide $ 15 an hour minimum wage as part of the state budget — likely with an extended phase - in period, but without a permanently lower rate for upstate.

«After a budget process that included unprecedented anti-employer actions — including a drastic increase to the minimum wage and the most expansive paid family leave mandate in the nation — the employers and the communities we represent are deeply concerned about their ability to operate in a state that is consistently viewed among the worst in the nation to start or grow a business by every objective ranking while effectively competing in a global marketplace,» the groups wrote in the letter.

Increases in Unemployment Insurance and Minimum Wage Highlight Labor's Success in the State Budget Friday March 29, 2013 at 12:21 pm

But during the budget negotiations, the state Senate demanded the slower phase - in period before the minimum wage hit $ 15 for all other Upstate workers.

He said the minimum wage increase is tied to larger compromises as part of the budget process, such as increasing spending on environmental protection and giving a tax cut to the middle class.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will unveil his proposed 2016 - 2017 budget on Wednesday but he has already previewed the broad outlines of his agenda: a $ 15 minimum wage; investments in infrastructure, downtowns and the environment; a reduction in Thruway tolls; and tax cuts for small businesses.