We think it beyond question that a union may conclude
a wage agreement with the multiemployer bargaining unit without violating the antitrust laws, and that it may, as a matter of its own policy, and not by agreement with all or part of the employers of that unit, seek the same wages from other employers.
Although the failure to reach a living
wage agreement with the developer had been a key issue in the weeks of debate leading up to the City Council vote, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn cited traffic issues as integral to the decision to vote against the project.
But in some parts of the country a grass - roots movement of laid - off workers resisting the plant closures is exerting surprising pressure upon its own leadership, as the recent vote by the rank and file membership of United Auto Workers to defy its own leadership and decisively reject
a wage agreement with Chrysler Corporation appears to indicate.
General Motors — GM's South Korean unit reached a tentative
wage agreement with its labor union, in a move that will likely avoid bankruptcy.
(b) A union may make
wage agreements with a multiemployer bargaining unit and may, in pursuance of its own self - interests, seek to obtain the same terms from other employers, but it forfeits its antitrust exemption when it agrees with a group of employers to impose a certain wage scale on other bargaining units, and thus joins a conspiracy to curtail competition.
Not exact matches
«We're not going to
wage a war against Turkey... But we will seriously reconsider our
agreements with the Turkish government,» he added, according to a translation provided by the state - owned Russian news agency Sputnik International and corroborated by the Associated Press.
The UK,
with comparable
wage rates and product standards as the U.S., would make a potential first candidate for a deal that did not have the same opposition that current trade
agreements have.
In addition, Mulally negotiated a landmark labor
agreement with the United Auto Workers in 2009 that eased onerous work rules and introduced a 50 percent lower
wage for new factory hires.
Opportunistic union proposals are also associated
with better
wage agreements for the union.
Under the Caltex franchise
agreement, if a franchisee is terminated due to a breach of the franchise
agreement (which can occur for
wage underpayment as well as other reasons) the value of the business is returned to Caltex
with the franchisee receiving only the value of any stock or other owned assets.
Recently, an
agreement was believed to be in place between PSG and Juve,
with Le 10 Sport reporting that the ex-Napoli hitman was set to be welcomed to Turin
with a four - year deal and an annual
wage packed of $ 7.5 million.
But while earlier reports claimed that personal terms had been agreed, the latest news is that no
agreement is in place,
with reliable German outlet Bild also claiming that Bayern will not meet Sanchez's
wage demands.
Arsenal have been locked in negotiations
with Mesut Ozil over a new contract but the two parties have not yet managed to come to an
agreement as the Gunners are not ready to match the German International's
wage demands.
But while Democratic lawmakers had been pushing unsuccessfully for
wage increase, they're still unhappy
with the ultimate
agreement, which they also say excluded tipped workers in the process.
However why can not states
with similar
wage levels sign
agreements to allow freedom of movement for their citizens?
The Jets are the fourth NFL team to reach an
agreement with cheerleaders after lawsuits were filed alleging pay theft and minimum
wage violations.
Without the offset of the 18 percent
wage hike included in the deal realized through health care savings negotiated by the administration
with the UFT and Municipal Labor Council, which represents all city employees, this
agreement «could increase future budget gaps to levels that would be more difficult for the city to deal
with, especially during another downturn,» Moody's warned.
Nevertheless, lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared close to an
agreement on increasing the state's minimum
wage in the $ 154 billion spending plan
with the eventual goal of hitting $ 15.
Krueger said she's satisfied
with the final
agreement on the minimum
wage, but she feels «very bad» for upstaters who were hoping they would get to $ 15 an hour like their NYC counterparts, but are now uncertain when — and if — they will get past $ 12.50.
Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo not ruling out supporting Republicans this year, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris remains upbeat, telling Liz last night on the show that Cuomo will ultimately settle
with the minority conference given their
agreement on bread - and - butter party issues such as women's» health and increasing the state's minimum
wage.
Previously, a minimum
wage increase was enacted in 2013,
with the final phase in from that
agreement due in December 2015.
Some Senate Democats are hopeful an eleventh - hour deal will be reached on the
Wage Theft Protection Act and perhaps something to do
with Green Jobs, but that would require a three - way
agreement, because leaders are loath to gavel into regular session and open the door for a legislation free - for - all.
The Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act, as the bill is being called, would have wide - ranging implications for the largest development projects in New York, replacing
agreements hammered out project by project
with a broad standard intended to protect low -
wage workers.
The leaders agreed to a six - month extension of the 421 - a program, which would require representatives for both labor and real estate to come up
with an
agreement on how to provide a «prevailing
wage» for workers.
He and the legislature shortly thereafter announced a similar deal,
with the added contingency of union representatives and developers reaching an
agreement over the prevailing
wage.
Diaz, the entire Bronx Council delegation, along
with members of the Northwest Bronx Comnunity and Clergy Coalition and the city's biggest retail workers union, fought for living
wage jobs as part of a Community Benefits
agreement with the developer, the Related Companies, but a deal couldn't be worked out.
While Local 237 is technically still operating without a contract, under the terms of the
agreement they will continue to recieve the prevailing
wage going forward, according to those familiar
with the decision.
At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing
wage standards to a government subsidy, the state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council
with reaching an
agreement on
wage standards for construction workers by
I've got an
agreement with my workers that I won't pay them the National Minimum
Wage; they understand and they even signed a contract to this effect.
At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing
wage standards to a government subsidy, the state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council
with reaching an
agreement on
wage standards for construction workers by mid-January of 2016.
Meanwhile, sources told NY1's Zack Fink last night that Republicans were edging toward
agreement with the Democratic - led Assembly on including a prevailing
wage provision in the 421a tax abatement, which is due to expire in the coming days.
In the immediate term, the
agreement will raise wages from an average of $ 10.15 an hour to $ 19.91 an hour,
with the average
wage hitting $ 28.54 an hour in the next three years.
The current minimum
wage of $ 9, which was adjusted on Jan. 1 following a phase - in that began
with a 2013
agreement, doesn't help most New Yorkers cover basic costs even in upstate cities like Buffalo, they write.
Unlike Senate Republicans, who had to accept a minimum
wage increase to $ 15 in the New York City area, Democratic lawmakers in the Assembly are largely happy
with the final
agreement, which also includes a 12 - week paid family leave program and a boost in education aid by $ 1.5 billion.
Business groups that have been opposed to a minimum
wage increase were uniformly displeased
with the
agreement in the state budget.
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 Related Companies has won
wage - cutting
agreements with some four dozen construction unions in its efforts to save money at the $ 15 billion development...
UPDATE: Johnson released a lengthy statement in response to the AFL - CIO attack, noting he has been a «strong supporter» of a property tax cap and charter schools, was «proud» to support Tier V — «a move that will save Long Island taxpayers $ 8.5 billion and save this state $ 35 billion over the next three decades» — and has been urging teacher and public sector unions to sit down
with elected officials to «hammer out revised
wage agreements that reflect the current economic reality.»
Hawkins slammed Cuomo for refusing for 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.
Looks Great Services has repeatedly stated its view that its
agreement for cleanup work
with Nassau County was not subject to prevailing
wage based on the November 2011 Myers email.
California's
wage increase
agreement has no similar geographic carveouts, though businesses
with fewer than 25 employees would have an extended phase - in period.
The intensity of the attack Liu is
waging against Avella — and Koppell against Klein — was blunted significantly in late June, right after the Legislature adjourned, when the IDC announced it had reached
agreement with the Democratic Conference to return to the fold come January.
He can use the pressure of the fiscal end of the year deadline to forge
agreements, as he did last year
with an increase in the state's minimum
wage.
When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his first labor
agreements with New York City unions this spring, he was sharply criticized for granting long - awaited
wage increases in exchange for promises of unspecified though sizable savings on health care expenses.
The Albany arrangement only extends the abatement for six months,
with the intention of allowing real estate interests and building trades unions to reach an
agreement on prevailing
wage requirements.
As late as 1972, only 14 percent of school districts had a majority of unionized teachers
with a collectively bargained
wage agreement.
Such an
agreement could put Delphi and Visteon at a serious competitive disadvantage because they must now live
with wage increases for the next four years.
The CAW negotiated a three - year
agreement with Ford that guarantees 3 % annual
wage hikes, an improved cost of living allowance that will add roughly another 1.5 % a year, a $ 1,000 signing bonus and gains in pensions for past and future retirees.
Lay - offs, short hours and
wage cuts can be achieved without strikes, and
agreements are reached faster than in companies that must negotiate
with unions and government bodies under Spanish labour law.
Since then, events have told a rather different story,
with the U.S.
waging a multi-front campaign — organizing a global network of bilateral
agreements designed to render the U.N. climate process «irrelevant», sending out its flacks to argue that fossil technologies like «clean coal» and carbon capture are the best ways forward, insisting that the under - funded climate secretariat separate its Kyoto Protocol accounts from those related to the Framework Convention, ruthlessly undermining all attempts to talk about, or even talk about talking about, the future of the regime.