Sentences with phrase «more city workers»

More and more city workers arrive for work on bikes.

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On Sunday, 80 employees arrived from Austin, Texas capital far from the danger zone, to stock stores in Corpus Christi, a coastal city hit by the storm and by Tuesday more workers from San Antonio were moving to Victoria, another affected city.

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Meanwhile, the hotel workers» union says it will push hotels in more cities to provide devices like the panic buttons.

Then there's the fact that the State of Iowa and city of Davenport are planning to incentivize Kraft Heinz to the tune of approximately $ 32,000 per worker over the next 15 years to locate the new factory there — despite the fact that there is a net job LOSS, not gain, of more than 800 workers.

Immigrants who avoid ICE face the possibility of exploitation by employers: A 2008 survey from the National Employment Law Project found that 51 % of all undocumented workers in New York City were underpaid by more than $ 1 per hour, and 47 % said they were required to work after sustaining an injury on the job.

Luisa Gagliardi of the University of Geneva studied more than one million housing transactions in British cities between 1995 and 2001 and found that highly educated workers» «consumption of amenities» — restaurant meals, park visits, etc. — was 10 % greater than that of less educated workers who earned the same income.

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 $City locations have a starting hourly wage of $ 12.50, which is 50 cents more than the city's fast food minimum wage of $city's fast food minimum wage of $ 12.

They note that the average wage of workers in New York City was more than 60 percent above the average wage of workers nationwide in 2003, up from a 20 percent differential in 1980.

The following cities have more workers telecommuting than taking public transit:

Some cities and states boast more flexible and telecommuting workers than others.

You need capital, great workers and affordable space — and the city could do more to help, say Brooklyn entrepreneurs

An influx of 50,000 Amazon workers could force more lower - wage and middle - income workers from the city and put more pressure on housing prices and congested roadways.

New Worker magazine, a publication that covers the future of work, created a map of coworking spaces that includes more than 150 spaces in greater New York City.

He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»

The results of a survey conducted by trade union reveals 85 per cent of shop workers oppose Belfast City... More

But more than that, it's both the common dining table and grocer to the kind of eclectic city where fictional boxer Rocky Balboa is deemed as worthy of a statue as Founding Father Ben Franklin, an oversized small town where South Philly blue - collar workers and Northern Liberties hipsters alike pride themselves on being plainspoken connoisseurs of worthy eats, and will endlessly debate whether DiNic's roast pork with provolone and broccoli rabe has supplanted the cheesesteak as Philly's favorite sandwich.

From Southbank it is easy to take a short ferry ride to many points in the city, including Kangaroo Point Cliffs (another beautiful recreational area along the river) and Eagle Street Pier, a trendy riverside area full of bars and restaurants (although here you're more likely to encounter city workers having a drink after work than families).

In May 2013, the New York City Council passed legislation requiring employers with 20 or more workers to provide paid sick leave.

The union, which represents more than 70,000 workers in New York, is endorsing Schneiderman at City Hall in Manhattan this morning and has pledged to do a voter outreach campaign — including mailings, door - to - door canvassing and member mobilization — in support of Schneiderman's election.

More than a dozen state and city lawmakers on Friday signed on to a letter aimed Bloomingdale's chairman and CEO Tony Spring urging a fair contract to 2,000 unionized retail workers.

And the City of Portland Oregon has already passed a surtax on companies whose CEO's make more than 100 times the average worker.

For New York City workers at companies with 11 or more employees, the minimum wage will increase to $ 11 an hour on Saturday.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said Wednesday that Parkside Construction underpaid more than 500 construction workers at jobsites around the city.

Before serving in the Assembly, as Chief of Staff for then - City Councilmember and current Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Brian negotiated enactment of several significant new laws, including the Domestic Worker Protection Act, promoting the rights of housekeepers and caregivers, and laws to foster the use of technology to make government more accessible and efficient.

Workers at New York City businesses with no more than 10 employees will see their minimum wage increase to $ 10.50 an hour.

While again hundred thousands of Egyptians show their defiance of the old regime at Cairo's Tahrir Square and worker protests have broken out in several Egyptian cities, Washington and London still follow a pipe dream of a gradual transition from Hosni Mubarak to a more or less democratic, yet by all means secular new government.

The change in the nature of the workforce employed in mining, decline in the number of manufacturing workers in the iron triangle cities, as well the expansion of Grey's boundaries into more agricultural districts, has changed the political complexion of Grey.

Councilmember Lander said the district needed someone like Sikora who would «fight for progressive values in government, try to win a more equal city, address the challenges of climate change, make sure the rights of workers are respected, address the issues of health care on the policy level, and fight in the neighborhoods to improve our schools and make them better.»

Choe said he was honored to receive the backing of the Teamsters, who represent more than 24,000 workers in a variety of industries across New York City.

For more than 30 years, New York City charged a reasonable, minuscule income tax — 0.45 % — on approximately 800,000 suburban workers who make daily use of our city's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special electCity charged a reasonable, minuscule income tax — 0.45 % — on approximately 800,000 suburban workers who make daily use of our city's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special electcity's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special election.

Teamsters Local 237, a union that represents more than 30,000 government workers in the city and parts of Long Island, has thrown its support behind Heidi Harrison Chain, one of five Democratic candidates vying for Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) Council seat.

When the state's minimum wage rises to $ 11 an hour from $ 9 on Dec. 31, workers at New York City businesses with more than 10 employees will see the largest percentage minimum - wage increase in 60 years.

The minimum wage for city workers at businesses with 11 or more employees increased to $ 11 - an - hour Saturday and will rise incrementally to $ 15 by Dec. 31, 2018.

Hawkins also would allow cities to institute an income tax, which is more progressive and would require out - of - city workers to help pay for municipal services they use on a daily basis when they go to work.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is promising police and firefighters in New York City a better deal on their disability benefits, as a budget watch dog group warns against the proliferation of end of session bills that give union workers more benefits.

As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300 local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy, representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.

Despite a bruising round of budget cuts this spring, the city plans to lay off 250 more workers by the end of Jun 2012, in effort to save another $ 500 million, the new documents show.

The bill, which lingered for years before City Council Speaker Christine Quinn threw her support behind the measure in March, will require companies with 20 or more employees to give their workers coverage starting April 1, 2014.

The MTA wants LIRR workers to accept a contract that it says is the same as that recently approved by the Transport Workers Union Local 100, representing more than 34,000 city bus and subway wworkers to accept a contract that it says is the same as that recently approved by the Transport Workers Union Local 100, representing more than 34,000 city bus and subway wWorkers Union Local 100, representing more than 34,000 city bus and subway workersworkers.

Scrapping the payout would save the city an estimated $ 1 billion a year — «the equivalent cost of more than 10,000 teachers, police officers, firefighters, sanitation workers, and correction officers,» Bloomberg told legislators on Monday.

Christine Quinn opposed the bill a day after a study showed city workers call out sick three times more than private sector.

The office of Mayor Stephanie Miner disagreed with the notion the practice is illegal and argued using SURA to get around required civil service exams for workers allowed the city to be more nimble in hiring.

Across Midtown, the smallest of of the Big Apple's businesses say they're getting ready for the City Council's proposed paid - sick - leave bill, which, according to a compromise announced by Council Speaker Christine Quinn last Thursday, would require companies of 15 or more employees to provide five paid sick days for each full - time worker by October 2015.

Opponents of the city - backed project want a guarantee that workers there will be paid more than minimum wage, a concession that some say may hamper the development.

Gov. Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the City University of New York that will offer more courses to union workers and other students wanting to learn about labor issues.

The non-binding budget resolution included such IDC asks as a provision to create an independent monitor to oversee the troubled New York City Housing Authority, diverting more than $ 400 million in city sales tax money to the MTA, and creating a secure choice savings account that would allow workers with no retirement savings plan to set aside money in a fund run by the stCity Housing Authority, diverting more than $ 400 million in city sales tax money to the MTA, and creating a secure choice savings account that would allow workers with no retirement savings plan to set aside money in a fund run by the stcity sales tax money to the MTA, and creating a secure choice savings account that would allow workers with no retirement savings plan to set aside money in a fund run by the state.

More one - worker companies in New York City are notching revenue of $ 1 million - plus.

More than 140 New York City firefighters, police officers and other workers are in Puerto Rico to help, and Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing for an expected influx of thousands of Puerto Ricans fleeing the storm's damage.