Sentences with phrase «minimum wage workers now»

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Cohen is also at the center of a huge debate unfolding right now about raising the minimum wage, and the low pay of service workers in the restaurant industry, where employment has increased 72 percent since 1992, compared to job growth of 22 percent in higher - paying private sector employment over the same time period.

That means franchisors, who have long skirted issues of minimum wage and employee treatment by claiming responsibility rests solely in the hands of franchisees, can now be held legally accountable by workers.

Now workers in Shake Shack's New York City locations have a starting hourly wage of $ 12.50, which is 50 cents more than the city's fast food minimum wage of $ 12.

Right now, New York's roughly 180,000 fast food workers are covered by the statewide minimum wage of $ 8.75 an hour, which will rise to $ 9 at the end of the year.

Mario Cilento, President of the New York State AFL - CIO, said «The car wash industry is rife with abuses, including failure to pay minimum wage or provide workers compensation insurance; now this jail sentence should serve as a wake - up call to abusive managers that law enforcement is taking action.

Whether it's a higher minimum wage, worker safety or public campaign financing, Sen. Avella has been there and so we are now proud to support Sen. Tony Avella for reelection to the 11th State Senate District,» stated Stuart Appelbaum, President of RWDSU.

«In other words,» Hawkins said, «half of American workers now make less than the 1968 minimum wage had the minimum wage kept pace with productivity gains.

New York now has 14 different minimum wages for various sectors and regions — including a statewide wage and different ones for fast - food workers and tipped employees.

«Whether it's a higher minimum wage, worker safety or public campaign financing, Sen. Avella has been there and so we are now proud to support Sen. Tony Avella for reelection to the 11th State Senate District.»

Workers will have both a website and a hotline available to inform them of their proper minimum wage and to report if they are now receiving the new rate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has instituted a minimum wage increase for most workers in the state, now wants to extend that rate to tipped workers, including wait staff and car washers.

«The minimum wage needs to be raised right now for low - wage workers because the rent won't wait,» said Hawkins who has called for $ 15 and indexed to productivity.

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.

Now, Nigerian workers are demanding N56, 000 new minimum wage.

WHEREAS the federal minimum wage would now be more than $ 10 if it had kept up with inflation, but Congress has tried to raise the minimum wage only three times in the last 30 years thereby leaving lowest - paid workers with just $ 7.25 an hour or about $ 15,000 annually for persons working full - time; and

If the minimum wage had kept up with worker productivity, it would now be $ 18.67 an hour — a far cry from the current $ 7.25 federal minimum wage.

Tell the Fair Wages Commission that all workers without exclusion should receive a $ 15 hourly minimum wage — NOW!

Now is your chance to tell the provincial government that the minimum wage for all workers should be $ 15 per hour — NNow is your chance to tell the provincial government that the minimum wage for all workers should be $ 15 per hour — NOWNOW.

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.»