Sentences with phrase «support of a minimum wage increase»

The reasons given by employers for their support of a minimum wage increase were similar to arguments we've heard on Inc.com before, including:

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Though he once was against raising the federal hourly minimum wage of $ 7.25, Trump now supports an increase to $ 10 per hour.

The former mayor of Baltimore and a two - term governor of Maryland, O'Malley supports immigration reform, is pro-union, and has supported tax increases as well as increases to the minimum wage in his state.

Faith in Public Life: People of Faith Support Minimum Wage Raise Majorities of all religious groups favor increasing the minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants Minimum Wage Raise Majorities of all religious groups favor increasing the minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants (61Wage Raise Majorities of all religious groups favor increasing the minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants (61wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 10.00 an hour, including black Protestants (87 %), Catholics (73 %), Americans who are religiously unaffiliated (68 %), white mainline Protestants (61 %) and white evangelical Protestants (61 %).

Skelos in the past hasn't ruled out passing other measures as well, but with wide support for the minimum wage increase reflected in polls and the Assembly's passage of the bill today, the political pressure on the 32 - member conference has intensified.

According to a ComRes poll, for example, a clear majority of public supports raising the minimum wage and increasing the top rate of tax to 50p from 45p — two key Labour pledges.

That makes them unwilling to work on behalf of the citizens of their district who polling show strongly support minimum wage increases — while still trying not to offend the business interests and and big donors who literally own them!

The average New Yorker knows a minimum wage increase would be beneficial to the state's economy; that's why two recent public opinion polls showed sizable majorities of New Yorkers — 62 % (Quinnipiac) and 59 % (Siena)-- support Governor Cuomo's proposal for a $ 15 minimum wage.

Silver also supports legislation to increase the state's minimum wage from $ 8 per hour to $ 9 at the end of 2014.

Large majorities of voters continue to support increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour and support the nearly three - year - old Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act.

Under the terms of the agreement, Cuomo would support local control for a minimum wage increase — a proposal he has previously opposed — as well as back a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate.

The families of minimum wage workers will be much better off as a result, better able to move toward self - support, and the economy will benefit from increased consumer spending.

Cuomo has taken left turns along the way, supporting a Democratic takeover of the state Senate and a faster increase of the state's minimum wage, plus allowing local governments to raise the wage on their own.

There is a large segment of allies that de Blasio can count on this session: progressive grassroots organizations that will likely turn out en masse to support increasing the minimum wage, mayoral control of schools, and rent regulation renewal.

Colleen Deacon, Eric Kingson and Steve Williams said they support a bill in Congress banning gun sales to suspected terrorists, an increase in the federal minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, increased spending on roads and bridges, a ban on fracking for natural gas, and replacing the elevated portion of Interstate 81 in Syracuse with a boulevard.

We, the undersigned economists and social scientists, support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour by 2019 in New York City, and by mid-2021 in the rest of the state.

Cuomo is being cynical and deceptive, saying he supports important legislation like a minimum wage increase but making sure it will never happen by backing Senate Republicans (who won 42 % of the vote statewide yet could control the Senate only because of the gerrymander supported by Cuomo & Assembly Democrats.

Speaking in support of the minimum wage last month, Osborne said: «I believe Britain can afford an above - inflation increase in the minimum wage so we restore its real value for people and we make sure we have a recovery for all and that work always pays.»

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner made her support for raising the pay of the lowest - paid workers more than rhetorical by increasing the minimum wage for the city's employees to $ 15 an hour, effective immediately.

Mandle, of Hamilton, said the Independent Democratic Conference has enabled Senate Republicans to stay in power and block legislation she supports, including public funding of elections, the women's equality agenda, the DREAM ACT and an increase in the minimum wage.

Be careful — look at this YouGov poll which shows a majority of people would support renationalisation of the utilities, increasing the minimum wage to # 10 and the top rate of tax to 60 %... but also a total ban on immigration and benefits for anyone who turns down a job, making life mean life with no parole in prison sentences and stopping all international aid.

Hawkins supports raising the state minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, indexed to increases in worker productivity, and would crack down on the epidemic of wage theft in the state Gov. Andrew Cuomo has refused more than a year to convene a minimum wage board to provide a wage hike to tip workers despite this being part of the wage agreement last year with the legislature.

The latest poll showed that two - thirds of New York voters supported increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

«The rank and file members of the Senate are going to go to the leadership and suggest to them that the right thing to do, the moral thing to do, is to support increasing the minimum wage,» Silver said.

This is an ICYMI post, because the news of NYC Councilman / state Senate hopeful Eric Ulrich's support for increasing the state's hourly minimum wage broke last night just as most of the LCA was in pre-show mode (in other words, not covering news).

Ulrich issued a statement shortly before 6 p.m. declaring that he not only supports increasing the minimum wage from $ 7.25 to $ 8.50 an hour, but also supports a provision to periodically adjust the minimum wage to reflect the rate of inflation.

Meaningful job creation programs, increasing the minimum wage, strong support for affordable housing, and an overhaul of the way elections are run in New York State are desperately needed, but Governor Cuomo and Senator Skelos, two of the three most powerful politicians in Albany, have refused to respond to the needs of low - income New Yorkers and their communities.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to gradually increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour is supported by two - thirds of New Yorkers, according to a new Siena College poll.

Hawkins, 61, of Syracuse, supports banning hydraulic fracturing, stopping fossil fuel infrastructure construction, increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, single - payer health care and ending corporate personhood.

A $ 15 an hour minimum wage, health care for all, increased funding for mass transit, support for teachers and other union members, stronger rent control and reversing income inequality are just a few of the way I will help city residents if elected governor of New York.

NEW YORK, NY (08/18/2012)(readMedia)-- Meaningful job creation programs, increasing the minimum wage, strong support for affordable housing, and an overhaul of the way elections are run in New York State are desperately needed, but Governor Cuomo and Senator Skelos, two of the three most powerful politicians in Albany, have refused to respond to the needs of low - income New Yorkers and their communities.

The Fiscal Policy Institute estimates that increasing New York's minimum wage to $ 9 per hour will generate more than $ 1.1 billion in new economic activity, supporting the creation of more than 10 - thousand new full - time jobs as businesses expand to meet increased consumer demand.

«Governor Cuomo has made some big commitments to pass progressive legislation — including support for the DREAM Act, the Women's Equality Act, public financing of elections, and an increase in the minimum wage.

Zephyr will be a strong and persuasive voice for moving the country toward greater equality in earnings for women and the 99 %, increasing the minimum wage, and helping more citizens engage in electoral politics by supporting public funding of elections.

Despite the efforts of supporters, Governor Cuomo continues to throw cold water on the minimum wage increase, saying while he personally supports an increase, he doesn't think it's likely to happen.

The WFP also successfully championed an increase in the state's minimum wage and supported the domestic workers» bill of rights in Albany.

«The line on the chart for unemployment for teen - agers goes right along increasing with the increase in minimum wage,» he said in support of a proposal to pay young people $ 2.50 per hour for summer employment.

Last month's provincial budget promised a pilot project to test «that a basic income could build on the success of minimum wage policies and increases in child benefits by providing more consistent and predictable support.»

In recent years, a wave of preemption laws crafted by ALEC with the support of retailers, fast food companies and other major employers, have been implemented in states across the country to block increases in the minimum wage and efforts to enact paid sick days.

He voted against protecting voting rights, against increasing the minimum wage, against unemployment benefits, and in support of lifting a ban on oil and gas drilling off the New Jersey coast.

The actual economic impact of injury on workers «deemed» by the WSIB, showing pre-injury income, net average earnings, loss of earning (LOE) benefit (85 %), impact of deductions due to minimum wage increases, consequences for social support systems and the injured worker.

Stakeholder response to this consultation confirmed support for the commitment of the provincial government to establish a standardized approach for determining minimum wage that is tied to an inflationary measure and ensures that future adjustments keep pace with increases in the cost of living in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Such programs would provide parent education classes for divorcing parents, increase the minimum wage and the earned income tax credit for poor working parents, establish paternity and increase the payment of child support, and improve the quantity and quality of time that nonresident parents, especially fathers, spend with their children.