Sentences with phrase «union workers $»

Manhattan's largest development company says it was snookered into paying union workers $ 42 an hour — and a lot more for overtime — just to deliver coffee at its Hudson Yards megaproject.

Manhattan's largest development company says it was snookered into paying union workers $ 42 an hour — and a lot more for overtime — just to deliver coffee at its Hudson...

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Now, since going private, a new problem has emerged: Cara has reportedly asked the union representing airline catering workers for up to $ 20 million in concessions.

«Canada's media and cultural industries are being severely damaged by the tax loopholes that benefit foreign digital companies and platforms at the expense of Canadian producers and workers and that cost the federal government at least $ 1 billion in revenues,» the union wrote in a statement on its website.

The new union would commit $ 50 million over five years to organizing new workers across all economic sectors, which is far higher than both unions currently contribute to organizing efforts.

Rosser says in a good year, the business — which Jenkins founded in 1976, after years of scrimping and saving as a union sheet metal worker — made about $ 750,000 in revenue at the time.

On Saturday, workers voted in favor of including civil disobedience in their efforts to reach a $ 15 - per - hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without fear of retribution from employers.

An exemplar was Southwest Airlines, which paid $ 355 million of its more than $ 1 billion in corporate profits last year to union and nonunion workers and managers, on top of salaries.

Tesla production workers start at about $ 17 per hour, below the average wage for auto workers around the country, according to the union.

In addition to demanding a $ 15 minimum wage and union rights, the campaign said it will keep up «unrelenting opposition» to efforts to «block wage increases, gut workers» rights or health care, deport immigrants or support racism or racist policies.»

The Fight for $ 15 began in 2012 when two hundred fast - food workers walked off the job to demand $ 15 / hr and union rights in New York City.

We've already won raises for 22 million people across the country — including 10 million who are on their way to $ 15 / hr — all because workers came together and acted like a union.

McDonald's: Fast - food workers deserve $ 15 an hour and a union so we can pay our rent and support our families.

The tax changes will save Walmart $ 2 billion a year, according to estimates from Making Change at Walmart, a campaign run by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.

The union won signing bonuses of $ 3,000 for about 4,500 Ford workers, plus annual bonuses of $ 2,000 in each of the last three years of the four - year contract.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward ‐ looking statements, including that Everstream Energy Capital Partners, North Sky Capital and New Energy Capital are planning to invest more than $ 67 million in a fund to support utility ‐ scale projects in Central and Southern California developed by SunEdison; that the projects will generate over 320,000 MWh of electricity annually, and create hundreds of jobs or up to 250,000 hours for California electrical and construction union workers.

The Communications Workers of America, a labor union, asked CEOs of large corporations to give workers the $ 4,000 average income gain that White House officials said would flow eventually from lower corporateWorkers of America, a labor union, asked CEOs of large corporations to give workers the $ 4,000 average income gain that White House officials said would flow eventually from lower corporateworkers the $ 4,000 average income gain that White House officials said would flow eventually from lower corporate taxes.

FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Corp. are desperate for talented workers and offering bonuses of up to $ 25,000 to fill jobs in...

The Transport Workers» Union is pushing for new work rules and pay scales in retailing that Coles calls a «wages grab» that could add $ 300 million to its transport costs and increase grocery bills.

Gov. David Paterson this morning lambasted public employee unions for making an issue of the $ 42,000 worth of raises he granted — and subsequently rescinded — to five members of his own staff at a time when he was pushing for a furlough for state workers.

Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the CUNY that will offer more courses to union workers and other students wanting to learn about labor issues.

That comment came as Raske announced that GNYHA and the health care workers union 1199 will spend $ 6 million on an ad campaign to sway budget negotiations in Albany.

The healthcare workers union 1199 / SEIU gave $ 250,000 in 2015.

The two major unions that pulled out of the party, Local 32BJ and Communication Workers of America Local 1, say Cuomo has delivered for working people by raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and passing paid family leave.

The United Federation of Teachers is drafting plans to dramatically slash its $ 182 million budget, anticipating a possible U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could bar mandatory «union dues» from government workers» paychecks.

Environmental activists and union workers squared off last night for one of their last opportunities to weigh in on a proposed 7.8 - mile pipeline that would feed gas to a $ 900 million power plant being built in Wawayanda.

-- New York City poised to join Airbnb crackdown effort backed by hotels, unions, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

«This budget agreement puts our entire state on the path to a $ 15 minimum wage, which will lift up millions of hardworking New Yorkers, including healthcare workers, childcare workers and security guards,» said George Gresham, President of healthcare and homecare union SEIU 1199.

The bulk of the donations, which will be disclosed Monday in the state party's campaign filing, came from major unions like the ones representing health care and hotel and motel workers, which gave $ 250,000 each, and the American Federation of Teachers, which gave $ 100,000.

«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 workers and labor unions want a federal minimum wage of $ 15.

The hotel workers union and affiliates of its parent organization, Unite Here, gave the firm $ 219,000 last year to represent its interests to city authorities.

Pat Purcell, a top official of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500, said the organization sent Mr. Levy a letter a week ago demanding he refund the $ 5,200 its political action committee gave him over the last two years.

Protestors invoked the spirit of the slain civil rights leaders and said they are committed to doing whatever it takes to win a $ 15 wage and union rights for every airport worker.

«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.

But $ 15 «has become the standard» for labor groups in part because of the advocacy of fast - food workers in particular, said Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union.

Henry, whose union has endorsed Clinton, said they've discussed the issue with her and that she supports a $ 15 hourly wage for fast - food, home - care and child - care workers.

ohnson received thousands of dollars from the United Federation of Teachers, SEIU 32BJ and the Soft Drink Brewery Workers PAC, for a total of $ 13,200 from unions.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg broadened his challenge to city workers» unions Wednesday when his administration proposed eliminating an annual $ 12,000 bonus for current police and fire retirees and workers as part of an overall plan to create a new tier of less generous benefits for future workers.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A union representing 32,000 hotel workers has bought TV and social media ads attacking Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner because it says the Upstate Democrat hasn't been a vocal enough advocate of the proposed $ 15 an hour minimum wage.

Gov. Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the City University of New York that will offer more courses to union workers and other students wanting to learn about labor issues.

Unions representing public sector workers that do not fall into one of the categories mentioned above gave Senate Democrats $ 749,442, Senate Republicans $ 362,207, and Assembly Democrats $ 824,346.

Under the terms of the September 2013 agreement, 443 workers who are part of Local 237 received raises of as much as 34 percent — retroactive to 2008 — for a total cost of $ 3 million, according to the union and the city's Office of Management and Budget.

The rally, held at the offices of healthcare - worker union 1199SEIU, came on the heels of a minimum wage boost to $ 9, which took effect on December 31 across the state.

Outside of some donations from groups representing public safety workers and first responders, Cuomo had received only $ 25,000 from labor unions through May of last year.

Day urged the Legislature to authorize the sale of the county - owned Sain building for $ 4.51 million so that the proceeds could be put toward settling union contracts with county workers.

He says that by hiring union workers the district could save upwards of $ 11 million.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York's second largest union of state government employees just announced a tentative contract deal that, if ultimately extended to all state workers, could add nearly $ 1.5 billion in salary costs to New York's budget by fiscal 2019.

The influential labor union 32BJ on Wednesday endorsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid for a third term this year, citing his push for a paid family leave program and a $ 19 minimum wage for airport workers.

Gov. David Paterson reiterated this morning that layoffs of state workers are «necessary» before he leaves office because the public employee unions offered his administration «nothing» in its quest to save $ 250 million.