Sentences with phrase «specific wage hikes»

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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.

It remains to be seen how Cuomo can convince Senate Republicans, who hold a narrow majority in the chamber and have generally won support from the state's business interests, to back the wage hike, which through the campaign has had a specific connotation to $ 15.