Sentences with phrase «raise minimum wage for fast food workers»

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito is one of the supporters to raise minimum wage for fast food workers.

Magee also praised the state's plan to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to 15 dollars an hour but said it should be extended to all workers.

The governor also shared the stage with Stringer at a rally to celebrate a state board's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers — something de Blasio called for before Cuomo, but alas, was unable celebrate because of his Italy trip.

In a rally Wednesday, workers celebrate the wage board's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15

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.

New York's three - person fast food wage board voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, which it defines as working in an establishment with 30 or more locations.

«Because if fast food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour,» Cuomo said to enthusiastic union members, where he also announced an executive action raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

The fourth and final hearing was held by a board specially appointed Governor Andrew Cuomo to consider raising the minimum wage for fast food workers in New York.

«Because if fast food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour,» Cuomo said to enthusiastic union members, where he also announced his executive action raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

During a rally today aimed at raising the minimum wage for fast food workers Governor Cuomo declared that «I don't use those words «income inequality.»»

The fourth and final hearing was held by a board specially appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to consider raising the minimum wage for fast food workers in New York.

The numbers have remained mired despite over all popularity for two of the governor's signature programs, gun control, known as the SAFE Act, and raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

Not exact matches

A decision to raise the minimum wage for New York's fast food workers could have a profound effect on Dunkin' Brands and other fast food companies.

A majority of voters polled, by a margin of 62 percent to 34 percent, oppose raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo decided last week to have a wage board decide whether the minimum wage should be raised for fast - food workers.

And, as always during budget talks, there's potential for legislative horse trading: Senate Republicans want to remove the Cuomo administration's ability to raise the minimum wage for a specific industry, which it used to approve a major hike for fast - food workers last year.

Momentum is building for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage in Connecticut, at least for some workers, given the formation of a new low - wage worker advisory panel and this week's recommendation to raise pay for fast - food workers in neighboring New York, according to some state lawmakers and activists.

New York Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally to raise the minimum wage in New York City's Union Square, called out fast food chains McDonald's and Burger King by name Thursday and accused them of «corporate greed» for underpaying workers.

Perhaps rattled by his relatively anemic win in last year's Democratic primary against liberal long shot Zephyr Teachout, he has quelled key camps of left - wing opposition by unilaterally banning fracking, raising wages for fast - food workers and endorsing a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

Activist Mark Dunlea works with the Campaign For A Real Minimum Wage Increase: «We do agree his [Cuomo's] idea of trying to do it just for fast - food workers but particularly only for fast - food workers for certain large companies, 30 franchises, does raise some legal questions about his strategy.&raqFor A Real Minimum Wage Increase: «We do agree his [Cuomo's] idea of trying to do it just for fast - food workers but particularly only for fast - food workers for certain large companies, 30 franchises, does raise some legal questions about his strategy.&raqfor fast - food workers but particularly only for fast - food workers for certain large companies, 30 franchises, does raise some legal questions about his strategy.&raqfor fast - food workers for certain large companies, 30 franchises, does raise some legal questions about his strategy.&raqfor certain large companies, 30 franchises, does raise some legal questions about his strategy.»

Though the business community has disagreed with Cuomo over the minimum wage bill and his recent executive actions raising the wage for fast food workers, Briccetti says she understand the governor has political considerations with the left of his party.

The increased hourly wage for fast - food workers represents a raise of more than 70 percent over the state's current minimum wage of $ 8.75 per hour.

Cuomo, along with George Gresham — the president of 1199 SEIU — took about half a dozen questions from participants, who asked how the governor reached the $ 15 figure, why was he able to raise the wage for fast food workers, and why the state is pushing to increase the minimum wage and not the federal government.

Next Wednesday, the New York wage board, convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, is expected to make its recommendation for raising the state - wide minimum wage for fast food workers to $ 15.

The push to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers in New York was part of a broader campaign conducted nationally to increase wages to $ 15, a movement that has had success in Los Angeles and Seattle.

Republican lawmakers have been critical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo for raising the minimum wage through his executive power, including the use of a wage board within the Department of Labor to increase the wage to $ 15 over the next several years for fast - food workers.

Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally in NYC's Union Square to raise the minimum wage, called out fast food chains McDonalds and Burger King by name and accused them of «corporate greed» for under paying workers.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will put together a Wage Board that can raise the state's minimum wage for fast - food workers without legislative approWage Board that can raise the state's minimum wage for fast - food workers without legislative approwage for fast - food workers without legislative approval.

At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.

A restaurant group is seeking to void the state Department of Labor's order raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 per hour by 2021.

It was a good week for supporters of raising the minimum wage, as a state appeals board upheld Governor Cuomo's planned increase to a $ 15 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers, disputing arguments that certain factors weren't adequately analyzed before making the decision to raise the wage.

New York state in July adopted a plan to raise the minimum wage for many fast - food workers to $ 15 an hour over several years.

Cuomo proposed raising the minimum wage to $ 15 for all workers after his administration approved gradually hiking the wage to that level for fast food workers, state government employees and State University of New York employees.

Cuomo also announced that the state's acting labor commissioner, Mario Musolino, had signed an order that would raise the minimum wage for many fast - food workers in the state to $ 15 an hour over a few years.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo — joined by Vice President Biden — is expected to push today for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage for all workers statewide after the acting state labor commissioner gives final approval to a recommendation raising hourly pay for fast food workers to that amount.

We opposed Cuomo's use of a wage board to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers.

The governor, after unsuccessfully trying to raise the minimum wage further through the legislature, appointed a wage board, which voted in July to increase the minimum wage for fast food worker to $ 15 an hour over the next several years.

Cuomo told the Empire State Pride Agenda he plans to bypass the Legislature — as he did in raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers — by granting transgender people protections through a regulatory process he controls.

The governor is also pressing the State Senate to agree to pass a law to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for workers not covered by his executive action that apply to fast food workers and state workers.

Yet just a few months later, Cuomo convened a state wage board, which, in July, voted to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 by the end of 2018 in New York City.

Scharff, with Citizen Action believes that even without a law to raise the minimum wage for all sectors of the economy, retail businesses will pay their workers more, or risk losing them to higher paying fast food jobs.

But New York, and the rest of the country, could find out if the state raises the minimum wage for fast - food workers.

New York state will gradually raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 an hour — the first time any state has set the minimum that high.

A special panel created by Governor Andrew Cuomo voted Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers in the state to $ 15 by 2021.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown is one of three people who will soon help determine whether New York State raises its minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 10.50 an hour.

«Rapidly raising the minimum wage to $ 15 will have tremendous positive consequences for the health, well - being and dignity of tens of thousands of fast - food workers and their families,» the group wrote.

New York state, for example, voted in September to gradually raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15, whereas an assistant teacher with a bachelor's degree currently earns about $ 13.94 in the city.