Sentences with phrase «poverty wage jobs»

That's hard to do when the only jobs available are poverty wage jobs paying less than $ 15K gross - less than $ 10K take - home - and you still have to pay your own living expenses.

«There» s an emerging consensus that we can't build a recovery on poverty wage jobs, and these are the fastest growing jobs in the economy,» says Paul Sonn, legal co-director for the National Employment Law Project.

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«People have been squeezed before 2008 and they're gradually being squeezed more, and what it translates into is more people who are working or living in poverty having to go to food banks, trying to get two or three jobs, or going without basic necessities like food or heating,» said Michael McCarthy Flynn, spokesperson for the Living Wage for Families Campaign.

On top of that, the same right - wing cons who praise capitalism as the reason that millions of people have, truthfully, found a way out of poverty, support politicians who keep wages stagnated, attack the very CONCEPT of a minimum wage despite the skyrocketing inflation and general cost of living, and support one war after another that makes a handful of people VERY rich while millions suffer, and thousands of troops come home with no legs (and thus, lose their jobs and often never recover).

Also, the NHS, minimum wage, child tax credit, free education, job centre plus and job seeker's allowance have all been monumentally successful in reducing poverty.

«Additionally, this report shows that more than 7 in 10 Medicaid recipients have some form of outside income, usually a low - paying or minimum - wage job that still isn't enough to lift them over the poverty threshold.

The new first source hiring policy will get to the root of the problem, and actively connect residents living in poverty with jobs that pay a living wage.

Gov. Cuomo told an AFL - CIO meeting Monday that he wants to «pay more for union jobs because the government shouldn't pay a poverty wage.»

«As I have said many times, no one who works a full - time job should have to live in poverty, and by increasing the minimum wage we can dramatically improve the lives of so many workers and their families.»

«The days of spending taxpayer dollars to fuel poverty - wage jobs are over.

Cabrera says we need a CBA that would elevate people out of poverty — living wage jobs, 4 public shcools.

While supporters argue tax dollars should not be used to subsidize poverty - level wages, Bloomberg has repeatedly slammed the bill, as well as a related living - wage bill, threatening they will kill jobs and border on communism.

Under Republican leadership, this Legislature has continuously underfunded our public schools, focused on creating low wage jobs that leave working families in a cycle of poverty, and given away millions of taxpayer dollars to insurance companies while health insurance costs for working families skyrocket.»

We are simply asking that, in a borough that has the highest poverty rate in the nation and has consistently seen the highest unemployment numbers in New York State, Related and their future tenants provide living wage jobs with benefits that allow Bronxites a chance to provide for their families and to build a better life.

His trickle - down economic policies don't trickle down to working - class women, who need living wage jobs, a closing the male - female pay gap, affordable child care, paid family leave, and increased cash assistance and job and educational opportunities for single mothers in poverty,» added Hawkins.

NEC members commented on fees for employment tribunals, privatisation, messages on child poverty and paying GPs # 55 to diagnose dementia, and requested faster increases in the national minimum wage and support for the TUC decent jobs week in December.

JOYN gives them a dignified job at a dignified wage, excellent working conditions, provides them opportunity and a way to not only express themselves through creativity, but also provides them with a chance to get out of poverty and keep their families together.

The poverty threshold for a family of two is $ 15,510; a minimum - wage job is no longer enough.

These studies showing the direct positive effects of raising household income — even by small amounts — on student achievement make it plain that reducing poverty through stable, living wage jobs for all working families would also help improve educational outcomes.

Serious issues such as generational poverty, lack of resources, a severe lack of support, extreme lack of discipline, jobs that pay a wage inadequate for daily needs to be attended to, lack of government support for families and professionals, and the like.

im working a minimum wage job and only make about 4 - 7k a year (well below the poverty line.)

They think that a wealthy country should have no one living in poverty, and they believe in a fair wage for a full - time job, and that the wealthy should not have lower tax rates than the middle class via loopholes.

Providing competitive wage career development opportunities is especially important considering the fact that half of all public school students are now living at or below the poverty line and in light of recent studies which suggest students receiving paid internships receive more job offers and higher salaries than their unpaid counterparts.

With the minimum wage rising this month to $ 14, her increased phantom wage from a job she doesn't have means her correspondingly lower loss - of - earnings (LOE) benefits will push her further into poverty.

As the minimum wage goes up, their benefits go down and they move further and further into poverty because they don't necessarily have a job.

Workers who are in precarious and low - wage jobs are also at greater risk of being injured at work, less likely to report injury or unsafe working conditions, and much more likely to fall into poverty when injured.

It is widely recognized that having no job or a job that pays a low wage puts people at risk of living in poverty.