Sentences with phrase «wage for workers at»

Organized labor's effort to secure a living wage for all workers at the soon - to - be redeveloped Kingsbridge Armory fell apart today, when the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York pledged its support of the redevelopment.

Not exact matches

Bills to raise the federal minimum wage, currently at $ 7.25 an hour, for other workers have gotten signficant pushback from lawmakers, who recently killed legislation in the Senate.

«The first thing to keep in mind is that, in some long run equilibrium, wage inflation should be equal to what the growth rate of productivity is — so how much workers can produce — and the increase in prices for the goods they produce,» he said at the UBS Greater China conference in Shanghai.

Did you know at least half of all minimum wage workers in Ontario work for employers with over 500 employees?

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has repeatedly slammed Walmart for not paying workers a living wage, most recently at a campaign stop in Missouri this weekend.

Government figures cited by the Associated Press indicate that just 1.7 million people — out of a total non-farm labor force of some 136 million workers — earned the minimum wage or less in 2006; still the increase was a big political victory for the Democrats, one that came at the expense of lobbyists from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Chief Executive Doug McMillon recently said the company would improve opportunities for workers, including getting the roughly 6,000 people who make the federal minimum wage of $ 7.25 an hour at its stores off that rate.

Wage and benefit increases of 15 to 20 percent per year at the average Chinese factory will slash China's labor - cost advantage over low - cost states in the U.S., from 55 percent today to 39 percent in 2015, when adjusted for the higher productivity of U.S. workers.

Hiring surged last month at its fastest pace since mid-2016, but wage growth slowed — an ideal combination for the stock market but not for workers longing for consistently bigger paychecks.

The DOL's former head of wage enforcement, David Weil, recently suggested that weighing whether gig economy workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors is not so different than making the same determination for workers at brick - and - mortar businesses.84 Existing legal tests to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor are multifactor, fact - based exercises based on the level of control a company exerts over the workers in question.

One study by economist Elaine McCrate found that any reduction in wages associated with the benefit of flexibility is modest at best and, in fact, many jobs with greater flexibility have higher wages.137 Furthermore, the volatility of earnings for many independent contractors would offset any compensating wage differentials, because workers can not compare the value of flexibility to higher earnings when they aren't able to predict their earnings as independent contractors.138

Develop responsible contracting standards for service contracts to ensure that cafeteria workers, janitors, security officers and other onsite service workers are paid a livable wage, receive benefits equitable to those received by directly employed workers, have the right to a voice at work without fear of discrimination or retaliation, do not suffer mass layoffs when contracts change hands, and are protected from misclassification and other forms of wage theft;

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

When German institutions — government, businesses and labor unions — negotiated among themselves at the turn of the century a sharp reduction in wage growth for its workers, they were obviously attempting to reduce German's high domestic unemployment by gaining trade competitiveness.

At the federal level, the wage premium for public sector workers was 7.8 per cent for males and 16.0 per cent for females compared to the private sector.

The unemployment rate remained at 4.1 % for the sixth straight month, and wage gains went up slightly for workers.

According to the literature, this wage premium is largest for men who demonstrate other «markers of workplace hegemonic masculinity,» meaning those who are white, heterosexual, married with a traditional division of labor in the home — even a stay - at - home - wife — college graduates, and white - collar workers.

Labor costs often amount to as much as half of the budget for a school nutrition department, but salary for cafeteria workers varies greatly, with some districts paying close to minimum wage for entry level workers, while others may pay closer to $ 15 - 20 per hour even for those workers still at first step.

The cause that prompted him to speak at the Cambridge Union and at other universities, for example, was the campaign for the Living Wage, a wage meant to cover the costs of life that the current minimum wage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound UniversWage, a wage meant to cover the costs of life that the current minimum wage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound Universwage meant to cover the costs of life that the current minimum wage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound Universwage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound University.

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.

At 11:30 a.m., low - wage tenants and workers and members of Real Affordability for All and building and construction unions call for real affordable housing and good union jobs from NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Hall Park, near Broadway and Park Place, Manhattan.

In the letter, Laundry, Distribution and Food Service Joint Board Workers United / SEIU Manager Wilfredo Larancuent lays blame at Flanagan and Senate Republicans for trying to cushion the impact of the $ 15 minimum wage on businesses.

At 9 a.m., state lawmakers and the #bFair2DirectCare Coalition urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature to speed up living wage funding for workers who support New Yorkers with developmental disabilities, Legislative Office Building terrace, Albany.

Port Authority staff recommended that the agency raise the minimum wage for more than 40,000 NYC - area airport workers to $ 19 an hour by the fall of 2023 — an increase of more than 80 percent in about five years for the lowest - paid workers at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the three major airports operated by the authority.

At the same time, Heastie indicated there is no comparison to the SAFE Act MOU and the pending recommendation by a wage board convened by Cuomo to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 for fast - food workers.

The agreement for workers» compensation in the budget was key for business organizations that had reeled over last year's spending plan that included a minimum wage agreement setting the floor at $ 15 over the next several years and a paid family leave program.

Both houses also agree to increase money to direct care workers at not for profits who care for the disabled, to help meet new higher minimum wage requirements.

For New York City workers at companies with 11 or more employees, the minimum wage will increase to $ 11 an hour on Saturday.

At Pratt, he led many successful community - planning efforts, as well as campaigns to expand affordable housing and create NYC's «inclusionary zoning» program, which requires developers seeking tax breaks to set aside 20 percent of their units for low and moderate income families and pay a living wage to their service workers.

While there are compelling reasons from the perspective of poorly paid (or unemployed) workers in eastern and southern Europe to relocate to higher wage economies in the west and north of Europe, there is little incentive for British workers to go to the post-2004 EU countries where the quality of life is lower and minimum wage is as low as # 1.36 per hour, if it exists at all.

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

The union earlier this year praised Moya's support for a bill aimed at bolstering the pay and wage theft protections for car wash workers.

For workers in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties, the minimum wage would increase to $ 10 at the end of 2016, then $ 1 each year after, reaching $ 15 on 12/31/2021.

Having two different minimum wages in Upstate will make it difficult for some industries to recruit or keep good workers who could make more money at McDonald's, said Greg Biryla, executive director of Unshackle Upstate, a business group that opposed the wage hike.

For workers in New York City employed by large businesses (those with at least 11 employees), the minimum wage would rise to $ 11 at the end of 2016, then another $ 2 each year after, reaching $ 15 on 12/31/2018.

Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).

The governor proposed having the minimum wage for all Upstate workers to hit $ 15 an hour at the same time as the fast food workers reached that rate.

Momentum is building for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage in Connecticut, at least for some workers, given the formation of a new low - wage worker advisory panel and this week's recommendation to raise pay for fast - food workers in neighboring New York, according to some state lawmakers and activists.

For workers in the rest of the state, the minimum wage would increase to $ 9.70 at the end of 2016, then another.70 each year after until reaching $ 12.50 on 12/31/2020 — after which will continue to increase to $ 15 on an indexed schedule to be set by the Director of the Division of Budget in consultation with the Department of Labor.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

New York Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally to raise the minimum wage in New York City's Union Square, called out fast food chains McDonald's and Burger King by name Thursday and accused them of «corporate greed» for underpaying workers.

The minimum wage for city workers at businesses with 11 or more employees increased to $ 11 - an - hour Saturday and will rise incrementally to $ 15 by Dec. 31, 2018.

A version of this article appears in print on May 24, 2010, on Page A20 of the New York edition with the headline: Wage Proposal for Workers at Subsidized Projects May Prompt a Fight at City Hall.

At the January 12th membership meeting the Village Independent Democrats endorsed a letter to Speaker Christine Quinn applauding her support of the Fair Wage For New Yorkers Act as a first step toward ensuring a living wage, but calling on her to move quickly to expand the act to cover the substantial number of minimum wage workers who remain unprotected and without enough of a weekly paycheck to afford food and shelter in our cWage For New Yorkers Act as a first step toward ensuring a living wage, but calling on her to move quickly to expand the act to cover the substantial number of minimum wage workers who remain unprotected and without enough of a weekly paycheck to afford food and shelter in our cwage, but calling on her to move quickly to expand the act to cover the substantial number of minimum wage workers who remain unprotected and without enough of a weekly paycheck to afford food and shelter in our cwage workers who remain unprotected and without enough of a weekly paycheck to afford food and shelter in our city.

The proposal would follow the July recommendation by a panel formed at Cuomo's request that the wage floor for just fast - food workers be raised to $ 15 by 2018 in New York City and by 2021 in the rest of the state.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo also spoke at the conference, championing a $ 15 minimum wage for all workers in the state and citing his administration's efforts to combat exploitation of undocumented workers.

Governor Andrew Cuomo held a rally at the Manhattan headquarters of the Hotel and Motel Trades Council Thursday urging a «Wage Board», which he appointed, to increase the minimum wage for fast food workWage Board», which he appointed, to increase the minimum wage for fast food workwage for fast food workers.

That did not stop advocates from protesting at the Dunkin' Donuts at the state Capitol, saying the governor's recently phased in wage increase for fast food workers is too slow.

During a rally today aimed at raising the minimum wage for fast food workers Governor Cuomo declared that «I don't use those words «income inequality.»»