Sentences with phrase «wage board»

The governor has the power to form a minimum wage board.

A flurry of executive activity was capped off by the finding of his fast food wage board that workers in the industry should be paid a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

He has also refused for more than a year to appoint a minimum wage board to provide an increase to food tip workers, 72 % of whom are women.

The fast - food wage board was charged with recommending a pay increase for workers in that industry.

The New York State wage board for fast - food workers voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage to $ 15.

She also touted Cuomo's creation of wage board for fast - food workers that is likely to recommend an increase in their wages, and in effort to combat poor conditions in nail salons.

The owner of several Arby's franchises in his district has told him that he will have to close a few of the restaurants because a Cuomo appointed wage board approved last year raising the minimum wage for fast food workers across the state to $ 15 an hour by 2021.

Gov. Cuomo speaks at a rally to celebrate the passage of the minimum wage for fast - food workers by the New York State Fast Food Wage Board in New York.

Hoping to capitalize on an issue receiving national attention, hundreds of fast - food workers rallied in Manhattan demanding a $ 15 minimum wage today before spilling into a state wage board meeting.

At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.

«Today's New York wage board decision to discriminate against the quick service food industry will cost jobs and potentially cause small businesses to close,» said Steve Caldeira, the president of the International Franchise Association.

James Parrott presented testimony to the New York State Department of Labor Wage Board hearing on increasing the minimum wage in the fast - food industry.

New York's three - person fast food wage board voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, which it defines as working in an establishment with 30 or more locations.

In New York, Cuomo used the power of a state wage board at the Department of Labor to increase the wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 over the next several years.

Senate Leader John Flanagan has not been happy with the governor's wage board decision or his other unilateral actions.

Mike Kink, with the Strong Economy for All Coalition, says Governor Cuomo is expected to follow through on a promise to convene a special wage board as soon as this month.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, the third wage board member, says a raise will be recommended but one that shouldn't mean layoffs.

The state's Restaurant and Tavern Association says it's disappointed that the Governor's wage board did not limit the minimum wage for highly tipped workers to $ 6.50 an hour.

Roughly 300 people packed into a downstairs auditorium at N.Y.U.'s Kimmel Center on Monday for the New York City edition of Governor Andrew Cuomo's fast food wage board hearing process.

The National Restaurant Association is suing New York over the 2015 wage board ruling that requires fast food restaurants to pay their employees $ 15 an hour by 2021.

Since republicans in the legislature have been reluctant to approve legislation, a likely vehicle would be through more wage boards appointed by the governor.

The Cuomo - impaneled wage board also approved a $ 15 minimum wage for fast - food workers.

The increase was endorsed by a state Wage Board last month and will be phased in over six years beginning with an initial increase at the end of this year.

The New York State Department of Labor Wage Board held its third public hearing in downtown Buffalo Thursday to determine whether there should be a sub-minimum wage increase for tipped workers.

New York's increase was recommended by an unelected Wage Board created by Cuomo — a tactic that allowed the governor to circumvent the Legislature, where the Republican - led Senate has blocked big increases in recent years.

Statement of CSEA President Danny Donohue on recommendations of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's wage board Wednesday July 22, 2015 at 03:58 pm

The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that the governor's latest wage board is poised to recommend hiking the hourly pay of New York's fast food workers all the way to $ 15, and the state's Labor Commissioner is expected to sign off on that recommendation.

Since the governor's wage board hiked the hourly pay of tipped workers in New York by 50 percent, a growing number of restaurants are establishing «no tipping» policies.

The Associated Press reports a state wage board filed a formal proposal with the State Department of Labor on Friday.

But O'Mara, who opposes a $ 15 minimum wage, said he was miffed that Cuomo has suggested imposing wage boards to raise the wage for certain sectors if the Legislature doesn't agree to his plan.

And, according to Cuomo's budget division spokesman, Morris Peters, under the new law, the governor's labor has the power to revisit the decisions of past wage boards, and can make «adjustments.»

Critics are also unhappy with Cuomo for letting an unelected wage board issue the recommendation instead of letting the legislature debate the idea.

A state wage board recently approved that increase, another effort that like Tuesday's announcement didn't require approval from the state Legislature.

Earlier this year, Cuomo's wage board pushed through the wage for the fast food industry alone, but the governor says that's not enough.

The next Wage Board meeting is scheduled for November 13th at the Mahoney State Office Building in Buffalo, New York at 12 noon.

And, as if any additional proof was necessary, LG Kathy Hochul then made several additional appearances at «Fight for $ 15» rallies held prior to wage board gatherings.

Even if they voted against the minimum wage hike, senators feared Cuomo might use his hand - picked wage board to unilaterally increase the state's minimum wage, like he did last year for fast food workers.

But the council, whose president, Heather Briccetti, served on the governor's first wage board, issuing the lone «no» vote on boosting tipped worker wages, has made no secret of its disdain for this board's proceedings, saying the deck is stacked against the industry and a fast food pay boost — perhaps to as high as $ 15 an hour — is a foregone conclusion.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's second wage board, charged with considering an hourly pay increase for workers in the state's fast food industry, holds its first public hearing in Buffalo today.

New York's Fast Food Wage Board released more information today about the restaurants that could be impacted by the state's minimum wage hike for fast food workers.

A New York wage board tasked with studying the fast - food industry unanimously voted to recommend raising the minimum wage to $ 15 on Wednesday.

He empaneled a ceremonial wage board, and dispatched his lieutenant governor to parrot his political message at every hearing, until a political appointee rubber stamped a pay raise for a single industry.

On Friday a state Wage Board formally filed the proposal with the state Department of Labor.

One way to do this would be to name additional Wage Boards to examine and reform other low - paid industries.

Op - Ed: NY Wage Board Raises For 200,000 Fast Food Workers - Another Legacy of Jon Kest, Famed New York Organizer

This process is bound to result in a significant increase for fast - food workers in New York because their typical pay of less than $ 9 an hour is clearly not enough to pass Wage Board muster.

FPI played an important role in the efforts to convince the New York Fast Food Wage Board in June and July 2015 to recommend a $ 15 wage floor for 136,000 workers in large fast - food chains.