Sentences with phrase «minimum wage for fast food workers»

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito is one of the supporters to raise minimum wage for fast food workers.

Many were affiliated with Fight for $ 15, a labor movement advocating for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage for fast food workers in New York.

On Wednesday, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo streamed live video of the wage board he convened as its members recommended a multi-year plan to phase in a $ 15 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers across the state.

While supporters are declaring victory over New York's new higher minimum wage for fast food workers, the action, by a state wage board, highlights a larger question why are so many in the state dependent for their livelihoods on what are essentially entry level work force jobs.

«Creating a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers puts all small businesses owners at a disadvantage.

Next Wednesday, the New York wage board, convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, is expected to make its recommendation for raising the state - wide minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15.

The announcement comes on the same day that Acting State Labor Commissioner Mario Musolino signed an order designating the $ 15 per hour statewide minimum wage for fast food workers.

Supporters of a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers rally in front of a McDonald's in Albany, N.Y., July 22, 2015.

Today, the Erie County Legislature opposed the recent recommendation of a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers in New York State by the New York Minimum Wage Board.

While supporters are declaring victory over New York's new higher minimum wage for fast food workers, the action, by a state wage board, highlights a larger question: why are so many in the state dependent for their livelihoods on what are essentially entry level workforce jobs?

It was a good week for supporters of raising the minimum wage, as a state appeals board upheld Governor Cuomo's planned increase to a $ 15 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers, disputing arguments that certain factors weren't adequately analyzed before making the decision to raise the wage.

New York's three - person fast food wage board voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, which it defines as working in an establishment with 30 or more locations.

This year, the Governor took the recommendation from the state wage board he created to establish a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers.

After leading the fight for increasing the minimum wage for fast food workers, Kirk Laubenstein with the Coalition for Economic Justice says it's exciting the facility is on the city's East Side.

He said the Cuomo's administration should revoke the wage board rulings that set the higher minimum wage for fast food workers.

Lawmakers created a different schedule for increasing the state's minimum wage for all workers in Upstate New York than Cuomo's wage board used last year when it ordered that the minimum wage for fast food workers be gradually increased until it reaches $ 15 an hour on July 1, 2021.

«Because if fast food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour,» Cuomo said to enthusiastic union members, where he also announced an executive action raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

Cuomo held a large rally in Manhattan's Union Square earlier this month as he announced he had instructed his labor commissioner to empanel a wage board to consider upping the minimum wage for fast food workers.

The fourth and final hearing was held by a board specially appointed Governor Andrew Cuomo to consider raising the minimum wage for fast food workers in New York.

Cuomo says he'll by pass the legislature and create a state board to examine increasing the state's minimum wage for fast food workers.

He's already taken executive actions to phase in a $ 15 an hour minimum wage for fast food workers and state workers.

A state wage board has voted to phase in an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour, making New York the first state in the nation to increase the wage for a single segment of the work force.

«Because if fast food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour,» Cuomo said to enthusiastic union members, where he also announced his executive action raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

Governor Andrew Cuomo held a rally at the Manhattan headquarters of the Hotel and Motel Trades Council Thursday urging a «Wage Board», which he appointed, to increase the minimum wage for fast food workers.

During a rally today aimed at raising the minimum wage for fast food workers Governor Cuomo declared that «I don't use those words «income inequality.»»

The owner of several Arby's franchises in his district has told him that he will have to close a few of the restaurants because a Cuomo appointed wage board approved last year raising the minimum wage for fast food workers across the state to $ 15 an hour by 2021.

«In 2015, New York raised the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 and urged our fellow states to follow suit.

As expected, lawyers for the National Retaurant Association have filed a court challenge to the Cuomo administration's plan to increase the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour through an administrative order that circumvented the Legislature.

The governor, after unsuccessfully trying to raise the minimum wage further through the legislature, appointed a wage board, which voted in July to increase the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour over the next several years.

In 2015, New York led the nation by becoming the first state to set a $ 15 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers.

His advocates note that he's pushed parts of the Women's Equality Act and introduced the (un-passed) Dream Act in his budget, in addition to compiling progressive achievements including a ban on fracking and impaneling a board to recommend a higher minimum wage for fast food workers.

The wage board appointed by Governor Cuomo voted unanimously to phase in a major increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers over the next few years.

A wage board convened by Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this year recommended a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers that will be phased in through 2021.

The minimum wage for fast food workers in the rest of the state will rise to $ 15 in July of 2021.

The governor, after unsuccessfully trying to raise the minimum wage further through the legislature, appointed a wage board, which voted in July to increase the minimum wage for fast food worker to $ 15 an hour over the next several years.

The governor has already taken executive action to phase in a higher minimum wage for fast food workers.

The fourth and final hearing was held by a board specially appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to consider raising the minimum wage for fast food workers in New York.

It is now looking at whether to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour, and could decide as early as next week.

The governor says he'll bypass the legislature and create a state board to examine increasing the state's minimum wage for fast food workers.

By mid-2021, the minimum wage for fast food workers will rise to $ 15 an hour.

Cuomo said he'll bypass the legislature and create a state board to examine increasing the state's minimum wage for fast food workers.

ALBANY — A senior adviser to Governor Andrew Cuomo said the governor stands in «strong solidarity» with labor unions and progressive groups seeking a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers, but stopped short of saying Cuomo would support that particular hourly rate.

A state Wage Board has voted to phase - in an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour, making New York the first state in the nation to increase the wage for a single segment of the work force.

In a rally Wednesday, workers celebrate the wage board's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15

The numbers have remained mired despite over all popularity for two of the governor's signature programs, gun control, known as the SAFE Act, and raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

Cuomo convened the wage board two weeks ago after he announced that he supported increase the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15.

The governor also shared the stage with Stringer at a rally to celebrate a state board's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers — something de Blasio called for before Cuomo, but alas, was unable celebrate because of his Italy trip.

The fourth and final hearing was held by a board specially appointed Governor Cuomo to consider raising the minimum wage for fast food workers in New York.

Magee also praised the state's plan to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to 15 dollars an hour but said it should be extended to all workers.