Sentences with phrase «provide living wage jobs»

Howie Hawkins is running on a Green New Deal platform, calling for the state to invest in the transition to a carbon neutral economy as a way to provide living wage jobs to put New Yorkers back to work.

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.

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By continuing to spur the creation of new small businesses and providing high - quality living wage jobs, solar's dramatic growth under the Obama Administration enables more Americans to provide for their families while also helping the United States to achieve its clean energy and climate goals.

If the best job they can get is low - wage, then a combination of wage subsidies and a child tax credit will enable them to earn a living, provided they work.

We fight hunger differently by providing the high - quality nutrition kids relying on school meals need to learn and grow while sustaining meaningful, living - wage careers for at - risk adults who have completed our Culinary Job Training program.

-- fail to pay a living wage, provide job security or provide enough hours of work.

This is a wise investment of tax dollars that will help rebuild our region's infrastructure while at the same time providing living wage construction jobs for people who want to work,» said Buffalo NAACP President Rev. Mark Blue.

What we want to make sure is that we raise the minimum wage and we've got a radical plan to do it, that doesn't cost jobs, so in addition to raising the minimum wage we've got a plan to provide tax breaks for employers for the first time, to raise the living wage.

All we are trying to do is ensure that taxpayer investment is going to subsidize jobs that pay a reasonable wage... New York City will only remain the greatest city in the world by providing a high quality of life, attracting the best talent, and protecting our middle class.

Hawkins said that this would provide enough living wage jobs to put all New Yorkers to work.

As Walmart argues it will bring jobs to New York City, advocates and officials question the quality of those jobs, whether they will provide health insurance and whether they will pay a living wage.

Hawkins also wants NY to go carbon free with a 100 - percent clean renewable energy by 2030, while providing a public living wage job to any New Yorker who needs one.

Her policy goals if she wins are to provide more living wage jobs, to advocate for equal work for women and to support small business through Merchant Associations and / or Business Improvement Districts.

«These jobs are not giving New Yorkers the adequate resources needed to provide for their families,» he said, arguing that the bill specifically targets «jobs that can be living - wage jobs without impairing economic development.»

«To be able to pull people living in Amherst to their jobs in the medical campus, not just sort of the hourly wage jobs, but professionals being able to pull people to the medical school and, vice versa, to be able to provide people working in the Town of Amherst access for their commute from other places, that's important,» Kulpa said.

And, worryingly, the factory jobs that now provide a decent living for those with minimal training are moving from China to lower - wage countries.

More than 95 % of the students that attend HOPE will not read at grade level which could deny them access to job options that provide a living wage.

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.

Communities must provide affordable housing, living wage jobs, academic and career education and child care to all families in need.

«I find it hard to believe they're going to provide jobs that pay a living wage, though I hope they do.