Sentences with phrase «to pay a living wage»

If farmers are not paid a living wage for the crops they produce, they won't continue to plant them.

I believe our community badly needs jobs which pay a living wage, not the minimum wage, jobs with benefits.

The pool of labor will increase in relation to jobs paying a living wage, and this will exert further downward pressure on wages.

We are looking at whether it is possible to encourage more firms to pay the living wage by sharing some of those savings that come back to government.

The least baseball can do is pay them a living wage in the process.

They understand the importance of paying a living wage.

The bill, which has strong backing from many of the city's unions, would require city subsidized developers pay a living wage.

Points out they've been good at paying a living wage.

They need to ensure management has created a business model that can create value while paying a living wage.

Many charities would be unnecessary if people were just paid a living wage and could take care of themselves.

But he is the only Conservative local authority leader to run an authority paying the living wage.

«Our law will require developers who receive major taxpayer - funded subsidies pay a living wage for the jobs they create,» she said.

It is unreasonable to think that a book written 10 years ago should be paying a living wage today.

«We need to see more better - paid, high - skilled jobs which pay a living wage, but these figures show that progress is slipping,» she said.

Everyone who works hard wants to be self - sufficient, but until companies pay a living wage «your tax dollars are subsidizing McDonald's (mcd), Wal - Mart (wmt), and Macy's (m),» Crawford told me, adding that she hopes to bring about improvements not only for herself but for those she has met along the way.

A Labour government will mean more workers paid a living wage, (as many enlightened employers and, I'm proud to say, increasing numbers of Labour councils, are already doing)- offering temporary tax breaks to employers that commit to paying it, and requiring transparency of large companies, so employees, consumers and campaigners can hold them to account.

Attempts to promote stronger procurement rules in terms of social criteria such as paying the living wage have been limited by EU procurement and competition law.

Doesn't requiring a vehicle for a job that barely pays a living wage in a city with a high cost of living unfairly discriminate against candidates who don't already have the means to own a car (or Zipcar membership)?

Not paying a living wage lowers worker productivity and creates stress on employees who should be viewed «as human beings, not just workers,» and the practice, she says, «doesn't serve the company or its brand.»

He said efforts to revise the H - 2B guest worker program have been stalled by opposition from labor groups, which have argued that companies don't try hard enough to hire Americans or pay a living wage before turning to the program.

«Manufacturing domestically is about people paying a living wage, and making goods using the same labor and environmental standards that customers benefit from,» Cahn said.

The insufficiency of work to provide self - sufficiency is behind the movement — backed by many religious groups — to ensure that all employers pay a living wage, which is generally understood to be the wage needed to support a family at or slightly above the poverty level.

Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith said his department paid the living wage and backed the idea, however.

Take, for example, the living wage campaign; if you force an employer to pay a living wage then a government would not have to worry about improving in work poverty through tax credits.

or with other financial obligations (like kids) gets paid the living wage and we leave minimum wage alone?

The developers added that their proposed mixed - use complex, which is being called Mercado Mirabo, would create at least 800 permanent jobs, compared to some 170 at the ice center, and that the number of jobs at the complex paying a living wage would match «and likely exceed» those at the ice center.

The women India who are often used for sweatshops and fast fashion work in great conditions and are actually paid a living wage.

If these projects paid me a living wage, I would definitely branch out more.

The doll - crafters are all paid a living wage and work reasonable hours in a healthy and safe work environment, thus allowing them to support their families and ensure their children can attend school.

Fair Trade certification ensures that the farmers that grow our coffee are paid a living wage by ensuring that a fair minimum price is set for green coffee at Fair Trade certified coops above the conventional market price.

Capitalism (private enterprise) can continue, as long as these private companies pay a living wage.

As a librarian, it was considered a great place to have on your resume, but a lousy place to actually work because NYPL did not pay a living wage for the city of New York.

«It may not be possible for every business, but it is certainly not impossible to explore the feasibility of paying the living wage.»

All those who work in your house should be free people who are paid a living wage for the work they do for you in raising your family, working your farms and defending your property.»

Members highlighted good Labour councils such as Manchester and Oxford, which pays a living wage of at least # 8 to all employees, against a few mavericks.

«At the current rate of progress it will take 450 years for all workers to be paid a living wage in London,» she added.

Labor and city leadership collided this afternoon at a packed and feisty hearing on legislation to require city subsidized developers pay a living wage.

First, the state barely pays a living wage to it's downstate employees.

In Metro Vancouver, workers paid a living wage would receive $ 20.91 per hour, according to a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

«As long as those are the jobs that are growing, we can't build a strong economy unless those jobs pay a living wage.»

It operates a factory in the Dominican Republic where its workers are paid a living wage, not sweatshop wages.

Trudeau reset the benchmark in Hamburg, Germany on February 17, delivering a direct message to business leaders: «It's time to pay a living wage, to pay your taxes and to give your workers the peace of mind that comes with stable, full - time contracts.»

For people who decide not to pursue a college degree, it might seem challenging to find a job that both is appealing and pays a living wage.

«Just because the factories look modern on the inside does not mean the workers inside are being treated fairly — being paid a living wage, or are provided with health care or an education,» Palacios said.

«It's time to pay a living wage, to pay your taxes and to give your workers the peace of mind that comes with stable, full - time contracts,» Trudeau said.

It's important to me to buy fair trade coffee, to know that the farmers who harvested the coffee beans I take for granted were paid a living wage.

Canavan's third option for dealing with the firm unable to pay a living wage is here identified.