Sentences with phrase «wage hike last»

For now, it seems Mr. de Blasio has an uphill battle with Mr. Cuomo, who approved a statewide minimum wage hike last year, and sounds unlikely to cede his authority to the city.

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Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) kicked off retail earnings season last week, though its strong quarterly earnings were overshadowed by news of its wage hike.

The WFP in 2014 at the last minute endorsed Cuomo's re-election over an insurgent outside challenge from Zephyr Teachout after he pledged to back a new minimum wage hike; at the time $ 10.10 was on the table.

And, as always during budget talks, there's potential for legislative horse trading: Senate Republicans want to remove the Cuomo administration's ability to raise the minimum wage for a specific industry, which it used to approve a major hike for fast - food workers last year.

Last month, a wage board appointed by Governor Cuomo suggested a minimum wage hike for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.

One insider said two of the large public - employee unions did make a last - minute offer of some concessions to the governor, but only in exchange for a firm, four - year contract guarantee, including wage hikes.

Cuomo was endorsed by the party last month, however, after agreeing to help Democrats retake the state Senate and back a host of liberal legislation such as a minimum wage increase as well as local control for future hikes.

New York joins more than a dozen states that have hiked the minimum wage over the last year or so.

«Last year Cuomo killed a minimum wage hike even though public opinion polls demonstrated overwhelming support among voters for it, including Republicans.

A broader wage hike faltered during the session, despite a last - minute push from Gov. Andrew Cuomo with his allies in labor, the Hotel Trades Council.

But he wouldn't rule out passing a wage hike this year as he did last year, when he called the Silver proposal a «job killer.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state labor leaders on Monday pledged a concerted campaign to boost the state's minimum wage to $ 15 over the coming years by leaning on the state Legislature for the latest hike for low - wage workers in the last several years.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan acknowledged that his fellow Long Islander, Sen. Tom Croci, had last - minute hesitations about backing a steep minimum wage hike — some thought he might skip the vote.

Food tip workers were excluded from last year's deal on a pay hike, Cuomo has refused for more than a year to convene a minimum wage board to provide a hike administratively as state lawmakers directed him to do.

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.

It is that last two items that Cuomo boasted about most, even though the minimum wage hike has been altered significantly since the governor and a coalition of labor unions began pushing for a $ 15 statewide rate last year.

Cuomo has spent the last several days unveiling his 2015 legislative proposals ranging from a new hike in the minimum wage to a small - business tax cut along with a «circuit - breaker» solution on property taxes.

In all, the old foes of a minimum wage hike — including Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos — so far are not knocking the proposal as they did last year when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver proposed the measure (if I'm missing anyone's statement in support or opposition, please let me know).

A last - ditch attempt would have linked a property tax rebate proposal to the minimum wage hike, but that failed.

This year, Cuomo, re-elected to a second term last year, has been more assertive in his own wage hike plan, which would provide for a $ 11.50 minimum wage in New York City and $ 10.50 wage elsewhere.

Gov. Cuomo announced his push for the wage hike during Labor Day events last year.

We could have had $ 15 an hour three years ago when we last did the minimum wage hike.

Cuomo toured the state on a bus to promote the minimum wage hike, which the legislature agreed to in last year's budget.

The dueling proposal come as the two men have already seemed to to be trying to out - progressive each other on issues like hiking the minimum wage last week.

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.

And Cuomo also made things easier for the GOP by deciding not to include an indexing measure for future minimum wage hikes that the left has been pushing very hard, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver included in his proposal last year.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Senate just approved the last of the state budget bills, voting 61 - 1 to hike the state's minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

Buffalo and Rochester are not the first upstate cities to commit to the higher wage schedule: Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced last month that she would hike the pay of 60 city workers (who work more than 10 weeks per year) to $ 15 an hour, effective immediately.