Sentences with phrase «minimum wage talks»

Assembly Democratic Speaker Carl Heastie tamped down the possibility that some upstate members are unhappy with the nature of the minimum wage talks.

What's the status of the minimum wage talks?

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«When they talk about raising the minimum wage or providing health care for employees over 30 hours, you're really encouraging automation.»

His remarks were instead a mashup of his campaign stump speech greatest hits, talking about criminal justice reform, a «broken economy,» free tuition at public colleges, the minimum wage and campaign finance reform.

And would you believe she's talking about a job that pays just a few bucks above minimum wage?

He recently took some time to talk with deBanked about the key themes in the Canadian market in 2018 — from minimum wage, to the impact of US tax reform on the Canadian economy, to ISO opportunities — and BFS Capital's role there.

«When you're talking about a $ 10 and $ 15 minimum wage, that has the potential to increase our labor costs 10 to 20 percent,» says Don Davey, a representative for Firehouse Subs.

They, as Pete says, talk as if the minimum wage, the tax rate for the rich, unions, and the road to serfdom are our key issues.

We're not talking about giving minor leaguers a cushy life, we're talking about paying them at the federal minimum wage, which is $ 7.25 per hour, and paying them for the time they actually work.

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.

Skelos had a renewed set of talking points on the minimum wage increase today, noting that not only would low - income earners lose their jobs, but would no longer qualify for federal tax credits or social service programs.

And when Flanagan got asked about the minimum wage, DeFran literally walked away from the makeshift stage to talk to someone on the sidelines.

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.

And although we did good stuff with tax credit and the National Minimum Wage, Labour didn't talk about the top and the bottom enough.

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.

Talk of a special carve - out won't change the New York Farm Bureau's position on Cuomo's proposal to raise the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

As Cuomo made his case for a higher minimum wage and a system of paid family leave, Schumer leaned over to Cilento and began talking.

He talked about a buccaneering Britain, where working parents will be given 30 hours of free childcare, where workers on the minimum wage will not pay personal income tax and where the NHS will be miraculously saved by new investment.

«We have a major concern with the governor's agenda for the next four years with the Working Families Party, talking about minimum wage, talking about a progressive Senate.»

All the talk of progressive policies like another minimum wage hike and establishment of a public campaign finance system and a formal fracking ban makes business leaders very nervous.

Governor Cuomo talks with local reporters after announcing proposed hike in minimum wage while in Buffalo.

There's been talk of a package of bills that would include pay raises for lawmakers as well as a minimum wage increase, and perhaps a plan for more charter schools or even other unrelated issues like the Dream Act, which would give college aid to children of immigrants.

The governor and leaders are also talking about raising the minimum wage, as part of the package and considering a phase in to $ 9 an hour over a three year period, but they say everything remains on the table until there's a deal.

Cuomo also talked about the economic stress on the middle class and why a $ 15 minimum wage would be beneficial.

He also suggested there had been little talk of a proposal to raise the minimum wage.

Duffy and his colleagues talk about their legislative preferences for the New York State legislature and current topics of interest, including paid family leave and raising the minimum wage.

«I've been all over this state talking about this and I think the support for paid family leave and raising the minimum wage is clear,» Cuomo said.

In talks brokered by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Cuomo promised, in exchange for the WFP's support, to back progressive policy priorities, including a higher minimum wage, the DREAM Act, decriminalization of marijuana, and the public financing of elections.

He also ridiculed di Blasio when di Blasio began talking about a 15 dollar minimum wage.

«Frankly, I think we talk too much about minimum wage, I think we should talk about workforce development.»

No one had been able to locate a minimum wage worker for Ed to talk with,» Mr Graf said.

«He told me that Ed was going to give a talk at the region's annual fund raising dinner and that prior to the dinner he had invited the media to join him at a local coffee shop to listen to a conversation he planned to have with a minimum wage worker.

Voters also want to raise the minimum wage higher than the governor is proposing, and think he should not exclude minority party leaders, including the only female legislative leader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, from budget talks.

She should continue talking about the issues - jobs, immigration, health care, minimum wage and criminal justice reform.

He's acknowledged that the debate over the minimum wage will likely be a part of end of the session talks, but has not listed it as one of his top priorities.

But when they then ask how Labour will stop people coming into the country, all Labour spokespeople talk about is enforcing the minimum wage and stopping labour market exploitation.

City Comptroller John Liu said it was «great to hear» Bloomberg talk about bumping up the minimum wage and said increasing it «would help eliminate the increasing income gap that New York has experienced in recent years.»

«He just talked about it in his state of the city, but correct me if I'm wrong, we passed a minimum wage increase, a very robust one, to $ 9 in 2015,» Mr. Klein told reporters.

According to sources who attended the WFP endorsement meeting, Mr. Lancman talked up his efforts to boost the minimum wage and noted how he opposed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's efforts to let the millionaire's tax expire.

Representatives from six different local companies sat down with the association's president and CEO Melissa Fleischut on Monday at the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce offices for a talk about the potential elimination of the minimum wage tip credit and the impact it would have in the Saratoga Springs community.

Cuomo allies leapt to the governor's defense this week, saying his record of legalizing same - sex marriage, pushing for stricter gun controls, implementing a system of paid family leave and raising the minimum wage to $ 15 makes him a progressive leader who doesn't just talk, but gets results.

He then talked about his accomplishments over six years in office, including the legalization of same - sex marriage and increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 in many parts of the state.

ALBANY — As he begins his sixth year in office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is forging ahead with a plan to combat income inequality that lets him preserve his credentials as a business - friendly centrist: push to raise the minimum wage, and hope it drowns out any talk of raising taxes on the rich.

The call for an economic analysis of the minimum wage in the Senate's one - house budget resolution has been seen by some in the business community as a way of pushing the issue out of the budget talks by Republican lawmakers.

Amid talks to raise the minimum wage in New York, farmers are calling on the lawmakers to keep it where it is.

Voters also want to raise the minimum wage higher than the governor is proposing, and think he should not exclude minority party leaders from budget talks, including the only female legislative leader Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made the second stop in his «Where Do We Go From Here» tour in Albany Friday afternoon, where he told a small but loyal group of supporters that he'll fight to get key items into the national Democratic Party platform, including a nationwide $ 15 minimum wage, and has been in talks with Hillary Clinton's campaign over a greater focus on progressive issues.

«You have to remember that we didn't actually put the minimum wage piece into appropriation language, which is the strictest form of what you're talking about.

There was talk of holding a special session in December, where agenda items might include a hike in the minimum wage, and an increase in state lawmakers» pay.

The third, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is mostly talking about the minimum wage and paid family leave, which are important policies worth pursuing.