Sentences with phrase «minimum wage issue»

It's hard to say whether Cuomo is building up to a dramatic climax in which a last - minute deal is reached, enabling him to swoop in and save the day, or if he really means what he says and the whole minimum wage issue is moot — at least until after the fall elections.

To aid the full review process, and to ensure that Ontario's minimum wage policies are in step with the needs of its citizens, the government should establish an ongoing research program for data and information gathering and its subsequent analysis to address policy - relevant minimum wage issues.

Employers who previously were not concerned with minimum wage issues are now put on notice to ensure they are providing those basic protections to workers.»

When later asked by an analyst whether the business has seen any impact from the media attention it received over the minimum wage issue and how the company plans to offset labour headwinds, Schwartz repeated that the company's primary objective is to drive sales growth to offset any cost inflations.

The most important labor debate in the country right now isn't the minimum wage issue that President Obama spent so much time on in his SOTU speech this week.

By the same turn, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can could hold out and keep the minimum wage issue going in order to expand his own gigantic Democratic conference.

A separate Democratic source wondered whether the mainline conference wanted to keep the minimum wage issue alive as an election issue heading into the general election for control of the narrowly divided Senate.

However, Senate GOP lawmakers were not concerned the minimum wage issue would be used against them in an election - year campaign, he said.

The minimum wage issue is turning out to be the gift that keeps on giving for both Democrats and Republicans.

Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) Dear Senate Republicans, You are wrong on the minimum wage issue.

«But what we're trying to set the statement down is there are so many other examples like last year's minimum wage issue.»

Perhaps that influenced the decision by HTC, which supports Cuomo, to single out Miner - out of all the officials in New York - for an attack on the minimum wage issue, even though the Syracuse mayor supports the $ 15 minimum wage the unions want.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Wednesday that they are negotiating possible compromises on the minimum wage issue, which could include a lower minimum wage in Upstate New York than in New York City, excluding farms from the hike, and providing a tax credit to small businesses to help them adjust.

The minimum wage issue, as you'll recall, is a signature piece of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign to bridge the income inequality gap — a message he has preached not only here in the Empire State, but across the country.

Cuomo has strongly emphasized the minimum wage issue in the first weeks of the year, while ethics has largely fallen by the wayside.

Greenberg says the poll numbers show the minimum wage issue is tailor made to please the liberal base.

Cuomo has made a series of speeches on the minimum wage issue and the need for paid family leave, but he does not mention anti-corruption measures in his talks.

There's less than one month remaining in the legislative session, although nothing prevents lawmakers from coming back later in the year, after elections, to negotiate on the minimum wage issue and other items.

The Senate plans to hold a series of hearings on the minimum wage issue later this year.

The advocates say if the special session does not occur, then they would like to see the minimum wage issue raised early in the new year.

Several people have predicted that the minimum wage issue could be a point of contention between Cuomo and Skelos — not to mention Skelos and his co-majority leader, IDC head Jeff Klein, who has called this «one of my major priorities.»

Greenberg said the poll numbers show the minimum wage issue is tailor made to please the liberal base.

The Fair Wages Commission is inviting anyone interested in the minimum wage issue to share their views on the issue, either through a written submission by e-mail or in person at one of eight consultation meetings of the Commission to be held around BC from November 16th to December 7th.