Sentences with phrase «wage equality for»

Progress on wage equality for women in the United States has been demonstrably slow in recent years — but a number of companies have taken matters into their own hands.

Not exact matches

Strong measures should be taken to control the movement of capital, there should be a generalised reduction in working hours with wage guarantees and compensatory employment, there should be a guarantee of universal access to the land for all farmers and male / female equality should be ensured.

In spite of much that still needs to be done, we had better rejoice and be thankful, not only for more comfortable living with the vast range of things technology has produced, but for more recognition of race and sex equality and advances toward implementation of these principles; better education; better health; minimum wage, unemployment and social security provisions; and a large network of social agencies that we sometimes fume at as being bureaucratic and expensive but which few of us would want to see abolished.

Paul addresses a community divided by envy and rivalry, the antithesis of «looking to the interest of others,» (2:4),) for envy looks only to «my own interests,» my own wage, my own «equality.»

Officials were already pitching the plan as a continuation of Cuomo's «progressive» agenda for New York, which the governor counts as including a sharp rise in the minimum wage, the marriage equality law and stronger gun control provisions known as the SAFE Act.

Whereas, we can take pride in the progress our state and nation have made in reinforcing women's rights over the decades and recognize that we have not yet crossed all thresholds to fulfilling our mission and quest for true equality; today we celebrate the economic, social, and political accomplishments of women, we honor the courageous women who have made extraordinary contributions to their countries and communities, and we pause to remember the struggles waged by generations of women who have led the fight for equality and justice; and

«The governor has not shown the same level of enthusiasm for campaign finance reform, or closing the LLC loophole,» Kaehny said, «as he has for the $ 15 minimum wage or marriage equality or other major campaigns that he's championed.»

The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»

Dave Denenberg is the only candidate in this race who will fight for lower taxes, women's equality and a real minimum wage increase, and nobody will fight harder than Dave Denenberg.»

«Through his tireless support for women's equality, raising the minimum wage, and revitalizing economic development upstate, Senator O'Brien has been a leading and effective advocate for the people of Rochester,» Cuomo said.

His aides pointed out that relatively few state legislators — including Democratic Assembly members from New York City — have publicly supported congestion pricing compared with the broad legislative support for marriage equality and the minimum wage going into budget negotiations.

«It's once again New York leading way, the way we did on raising minimum wage, the way we did on paid family leave, the way we did on passing marriage equality, the way we did on gun safety and it should be a wakeup call to this nation to say if you really want to be competitive globally, we have to have the best educated workforce and that means we have to have college for every child, man or woman, who wants to attend.»

«Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking,» the spokesman said.

PowHer New York applauds the Governor for taking this next major step toward eliminating the wage and opportunity gap and is committed to advancing these recommendations to create economic equality for all women.»

He was the driving force behind marriage equality; gun control; massive tax cuts for the rich, banks, and large estates; and opposition to minimum wage increases.

Asked about the governor's increasing national focus, spokesman Richard Azzopardi responded with a laundry list of the governor's accomplishments: his successful drives for marriage equality, gun control, paid family leave, a $ 15 minimum wage and free tuition at state colleges and universities.

In a New York Post op - ed over the weekend, Benjamin argues that the fight for marriage equality for gay residents of the Empire State should not be compared to the civil rights battles waged by African Americans: «The same - sex - marriage movement is not nobly about obtaining a long - denied civil right.

That's things like marriage equality for people who happen to be gay, gun control so people can be safe, raising the minimum wage... and economically responsible.

Cuomo's campaign noted achievements like a $ 15 minimum wage, marriage equality, gun safety legislation, banning fracking, ending finger printing for food stamps and $ 27 billion in education funding.

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.

EAST HARLEM — City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito laid out an ambitious agenda focused on equality in her first State of the City address in East Harlem Wednesday, calling for $ 25 million to repair NYCHA buildings, local control over the minimum wage and a city - wide bail system to keep poor people accused of minor crimes from languishing in jail for weeks.

I'm nasty like the fight for wage equality.

«It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America.»

Waging her own more private battle for equality, however, is Frankie George, a trouser - wearing, bicycle - riding journalist about to get caught up in a conspiracy potentially as explosive as the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament, 300 years previously.

I mean, if one accepts that you have a general duty to promote equality, can you ethically vote for tax cuts for the rich or a reduction in minimum wage rates (which might predictably increase one form of inequality)?

The state's wage equality bill SB 358 was signed, sealed, and delivered in October 2015, protecting employees from receiving retaliation who inquire about or discuss pay differences and mandating employers to value and pay work equally for both genders.

I believe feminism is about equality, sex - positivity, body - positivity, wage equality, and opportunity... for everyone regardless of their gender.