Sentences with phrase «pass paid family»

And don't forget to tell your senator to pass paid family leave!

But now with major attention from media, elected officials, and advocates across the nation focused on whether New York will become the fourth state to pass a paid family leave bill, Cuomo is whipping up support for his plan.

But when we pass $ 15 an hour and we pass paid family leave, we're going to say to this country, the dream is not dead.

Get in the vanguard among states with the $ 15 an hour minimum wage; pass a paid family leave that makes any others in the country look like chump change.

Governor Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden headlined a pep rally to pass paid family leave in New York, but some question whether the governor's plan is enough.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden headlines a pep rally to pass paid family leave in New York, but some question whether the governor's plan is enough.

«My progressive ideals will always go hand in hand with working families, and my legislative record speak for itself, from pushing to pass the Paid Family Leave program to increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour,» Peralta said.

Nor did it rise in any of the three states that passed paid family and medical leave laws.

Rhode Island and New Jersey have also passed paid family leave laws, and other states have considered similar bills.

«We passed paid family and medical leave.

The two major unions that pulled out of the party, Local 32BJ and Communication Workers of America Local 1, say Cuomo has delivered for working people by raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and passing paid family leave.

Cuomo touted the state's progressive accomplishments under his tenure, including raising the minimum wage to $ 15, passing a paid family - leave law, banning fracking, outlawing assault weapons, and ensuring marriage equality.

We're on the cusp of passing paid family medical leave.

In further indication of the growing hunger in New York and across the nation for paid family leave, the State Assembly again passed the Paid Family Leave Act on Tuesday in Albany.

«When you passed paid family and medical leave,» he said.

It passed a paid family leave program.

We led it when we passed paid family leave.

Together, we passed Paid Family Leave, a $ 15 minimum wage and delivered free universal pre-k to every child in the city.

This week, the New York State Assembly passed a paid family leave bill.

The Assembly, which has passed paid family leave on its own in previous legislative sessions, plans to introduce and pass a bill on Tuesday that would provide new parents or caregivers for sick relatives 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability system.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York state Assembly has again passed a paid family leave bill that would allow workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off to care for a new child or a sick loved one.

Secretary Clinton also praised New York's newly passed paid family leave law, which will allow for up to 12 weeks of leave with up to two thirds pay, when fully phased in several years from now.

«We passed the minimum wage increase, we passed paid family leave, we passed a great package for the middle class, we passed a great package for upstate New York, more education

The state assembly passed the Paid Family Leave Act today in Albany.

California and New Jersey have passed paid family leave laws, while other states are discussing similar laws that would broaden family leave to include both parents.

Not exact matches

They ranged from raising the minimum wage, passing gun safety laws, paid family leave, equal pay for women, and protecting access to «safe and legal abortions.»

If you end each day having sincerely uttered the words, «thank you» to a colleague, friend, family member and even people you only interact in passing, you'll find this habit pays you back tenfold.

Yet even as states and cities across the country pass laws guaranteeing paid sick days and paid family and medical leave, too many families still do not have access to these critical workplace standards.

In January, Esquimalt passed a resolution to draft a living wage document after its community social planning council calculated that a family with two children and two full - time working parents in the Capital Regional District needs to earn $ 17.30 per hour just to pay for the basics.

Beautiful, intelligent, accomplished young woman, like one of my sorority sisters whose one - night stand «partner» could not be bothered to pay for her taxi ride home the morning after, or a friend of a close family friend whom I saw passed out on the floor at a fraternity house at 2 am with nothing on but her underwear, or a housemate of mine who was dumped passed - out drunk on our front porch one Saturday night by a group of male students with no knock, no doorbell, just a resounding «thud.»

What it costs and who pays for right guys like Varanese to circulate through factories passing out ping - pong balls and complimentary tickets is not considered to be a polite question in the euphoric Many Man's Family of industrial recreation.

Our members have helped move forward paid Family Leave policies in cities, counties and states across the nation, have helped pass affordable childcare policies in red and blue states alike, have also helped advance sick day policies in over a dozen cities and states across the nation, as well.

Now, because of the momentum that moms have built, it is no longer a question of «if» but «when» policies like paid family leave pass, because studies show that they are in fact good for businesses — for the economy and for families.

Two hotly debated «pass the pool» referendum measures were sunk in 1997 by voters who did not want higher property taxes to pay for a proposed multimillion - dollar family aquatic center on Park District land at Hunt Club Park on Hunt Club Road.

Rhode Island passed legislation instituting the Temporary Caregiver Insurance Program (TCI) in July 2013 to provide paid family leave.

Pay it forward and find a family you can pass clothes to when you're done with them.

They were passing the budget that Leader John Flanagan had negotiated for them which included a robust paid family leave program and a path to a $ 15 minimum wage.

«I'm supporting Todd because he delivered for Nassau County families — passing 12 weeks of paid family leave, winning a $ 15 minimum wage for New Yorkers, $ 1 billion in tax cuts for middle class families, and $ 20 million in new funding for our schools this year,» Obama says in the call.

Congress should act now to pass the FAMILY Act, which is an earned benefit that would help all American workers take paid time off through shared responsibility of the employer and employee.»

He can take credit for progressive accomplishments under his reign like a phased - in $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and strict gun control measures, ignoring the fact that regular Democrats endorsed all these things and would have passed them into law if they too sat in the majority.

The proposed bill, agreed to by the mayor and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Vivertio but not yet introduced or passed in the council, will expand the size of businesses required to provide paid sick leave from 15 or more employees to 5 or more employees, accelerate it's applicability so that all covered businesses must comply by April 1, 2014 (businesses with 15 - 20 employees have until April 1, 2015 under the existing law), remove exemptions for manufacturing businesses and remove economic measurements that could have caused a delayed implementation and expand the range of family members that employees can care for during such paid sick leave.

As soon as the state spending plan was passed, Governor Andrew Cuomo made the most of two items that have received the greatest public attention: a graduated increase in the state's minimum wage, and a future paid family leave program, to take full effect in several years.

New York City employers would need to grant paid time off to workers who claim to be victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse or other «family offense matters,» according to legislation passed by the NYC Council.

This past June, the Military Families Act was passed as well as another policy that allows veterans in New York to pay in - state tuition regardless of where they came from.

Mr. Klein said he remained proud of what the I.D.C. had accomplished — voting to pass things like paid family leave, a raise in the minimum wage and same - sex marriage — over its seven years of dissidence.

There are also questions around whether Cuomo will include a proposal and dedicated funding for paid family leave, something that de Blasio recently moved on for some city employees and called on the state to pass for all workers.

Yes, the IDC championed paid family leave and helped pass a minimum wage increase — but both policies were significantly less impactful than they could have been had Democrats controlled both houses of the legislature.

For the past 16 years, the Working Families Party has led the charge for social and economic justice — and it has had a hand in nearly every major progressive victory in New York, from raising the minimum wage to winning paid sick days to passing the Millionaire's Tax that helps fund educational opportunities for all New Yorkers.

$ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave — two initiatives championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — were passed in the budget.

«A real Democrat would have already passed the Women's Equality Act and would be fighting for paid family leave.»