Sentences with phrase «wage increases push»

Although the unemployment rate is below the estimated rate when wage increases push inflation up rapidly, that hasn't happened.

Republicans had long opposed the minimum wage increase pushed by Cuomo, the Assembly's Democratic majority, and a group of Democratic senators who caucus separately from the party and share control of the Senate with Republicans.

Not exact matches

But Congress has pushed back against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

As fast food employees push to increase the minimum wage, the former CEO of one chain tells CNBC that could be counterproductive.

But Congress has pushed back hard against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

Ontario restaurants hiking menu prices after the province raised its minimum wage this year were likely responsible for pushing January food inflation to its highest annualized increase in nearly two years.

Companies thus far seem to have taken much of the windfall and pushed it to stock repurchases and dividends, with the evidence so far unclear as to whether there will be an accompanying investment boom and wage increase.

By way of a reminder, the ECB has remained (too) optimistic about core inflation, largely partly on the view that a decline in potential growth to around 1 % and an increase in the equilibrium rate of unemployment would push wage growth and core prices gradually higher by 2017.

Let us not forget that AFC has not been pushing the sales of many average players, this has kept our wage bill high while increasing year after year, pushing the bar higher and IF AFC can get some of those players sold then AFC will have no problem at all in not only paying Alexis and Ozil what they want, we can afford a couple more WC wages.

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.

«My progressive ideals will always go hand in hand with working families, and my legislative record speak for itself, from pushing to pass the Paid Family Leave program to increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour,» Peralta said.

Hanging over the speech was Silver's push for increasing the state's minimum wage from $ 7.25 to $ 8.50, a move that is opposed by Senate Republicans and one that Cuomo has all but ruled out because of the difficult politics.

But the minimum wage increase backed by Assembly Democrats aligns with de Blasio's push to hike the minimum wage in the city to $ 15 by 2018, plus indexing to inflation future increases.

But a subsequent labor - backed movement for $ 15 sprung up around the country, with a push in a variety of cities to increase the wage to that target.

In turn, Heastie praised Cuomo's push to get liberal policies enacted, even jokingly suggesting Cuomo approved the state's increase in the minimum wage in order to beat California by taking advantage of the 3 - hour time difference.

Republican lawmakers in the chamber have for the past several legislative sessions pushed for an ease to regulations in the state, and this year the GOP conference renewing that effort after ultimately backing an increase to the state's minimum wage in the budget, with the floor growing to $ 15 in some parts of the state over the next several years.

Klein has pointed to IDC successes in the Senate, including minimum wage increases and a successful push for the creation of paid family leave.

The IDC, formed in 2011 and led by Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, has successfully pushed through a variety of liberal measures, including increases in the minimum wage and a 12 - week paid family leave program.

The governor already has formal endorsements in hand from several longtime backers, including 1199SEIU, which represents health care workers and supported Cuomo's push to increase the minimum wage; the National Organization for Women; the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; and the Human Rights Campaign, which worked with Cuomo in pushing to legalize same - sex marriage.

Silver originally said he would push the wage increase in his speech before Cuomo's State of the State address earlier this month.

Some Democratic state lawmakers in Connecticut are pushing to further increase the state's minimum wage and enact a paid family medical leave system.

Cuomo has expressed unease with addressing taxes in this year's budget given he is already contending with a push to increases the state's minimum wage to $ 15.

The Fiscal Policy Institute, which has pushed for years to increase the minimum wage, says the tax credit essentially creates a maximum wage for teen workers.

Lawmakers from both parties in the Assembly and Senate have chafed in recent years over Gov. Andrew Cuomo exercising this power over policy in the spending plan, be it pushing through new criteria for teacher evaluations or an increase in the minimum wage the Legislature contends has little to do with the state's overall finances.

Rather than a blanket wage increase, Unshackle Upstate urged Brown to push for tax and regulatory breaks as well as measures that would encourage workforce development and job training.

He's working well on his infrastructure push with groups like Building Trades, while 1199 SEIU has backed his successful push for increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in New York City and the metropolitan area.

«As respective members of New York's business community, we are proud to stand together in announcing our formal opposition to the push to increase the minimum wage.

Cuomo this year unsuccessfully pushed a minimum wage increase that would provide for geographical cost - of - living concerns: $ 11.50 for New York City and $ 10.50 elsewhere in the state.

A push by state Assembly Democrats wants a New York City - specific minimum wage that's $ 1 more than Gov. Cuomo's proposed increase for the entire state.

He then cited some statistics about wages not keeping pace with productivity, arguing that government should «resolve the issue creating the anxiety» and the exchange back to his own push to increase the minimum wage to $ 15.

Sanders praised Cuomo's push to enact an increased minimum wage in New York to $ 15 downstate and $ 13.50 upstate, as well as paid family leave, but he indirectly chided New York when he said voting needs to be more accessible.

One question focused on possible reasons to vote for «Woodstock,» citing reasons like fighting to improve the economy by taking on big businesses and monopolies, pushing for campaign finance reform, increasing education funding, changing the tax code to require the wealthy and large corporations to pay more and raising the minimum wage.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

Supporters of a higher wage have pushed for a bigger increase, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who attended the event in Albany, has asked for state authority to raise it to $ 13.30.

Cuomo is also right in the middle on the minimum wage increase he's pushing and other issues.

While there are a variety of city - specific issues at play, de Blasio has made it clear that he is supportive of Cuomo's push for both a minimum wage increase toward $ 15 per hour over the next several years and a paid family leave policy.

Assembly Democrats and unions have been pushing for an increase the minimum wage, and polls show most New Yorker's back the proposal.

In her speech, Clinton expressed support for New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to increase the minimum wage in New York to $ 15 per hour as well as equal pay.

Cuomo, along with George Gresham — the president of 1199 SEIU — took about half a dozen questions from participants, who asked how the governor reached the $ 15 figure, why was he able to raise the wage for fast food workers, and why the state is pushing to increase the minimum wage and not the federal government.

«We're now coming into the heat of the negotiating session with the Assembly and the Senate and now we're going to determine whether or not our key legislative proposals actually pass,» Cuomo told listeners, highlighting his push to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and his proposal for 12 weeks of employee - funded paid family leave.

Invoking the legacy of his father, who passed away a year ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo continued the push for a statewide minimum wage of $ 15 per hour, announcing a gradual pay increase for state university workers at a packed Midtown rally on Mon., Jan. 4th.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had pushed a bill that raise the wage to $ 8.50 in New York and tie future increases to the rate of inflation.

The RWDSU boasts of a 40,000 strong membership, but its real strength has been in its increasing advocacy of social justice matters over the last couple of years, most recently in its concerted push for a living wage bill in New York City.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo had pushed for the wage increase this year, after creating a wage board to administratively increase the wage to $ 15 for those who work in the fast - food industry.

Los Angeles, the nation's second - largest city, voted to increase its minimum wage to $ 15 an hour by 2020, in what is perhaps the most significant victory so far in the national push to raise the minimum wage.

The union, which was instrumental in leading the push for measures such as a minimum wage increase to $ 15 in the downstate region and $ 12.50 upstate as well as a paid family leave program, has spread its endorsements around to members of both parties as control of the state Senate remains up for grabs a week before Election Day.

The push to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers in New York was part of a broader campaign conducted nationally to increase wages to $ 15, a movement that has had success in Los Angeles and Seattle.

At the time, the exhibit matched the theme of a successful policy push for increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in the New York City metro area and the approval of a paid - family leave program.

Cuomo, in the end, was endorsed by the state Business Council, which was disappointed in the governor's successful push this year to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in some parts of New York over the next several years.

The measure is seen as considerably bad optics as lawmakers did not take up a minimum wage increase in this year's budget — a fact that hasn't escape liberal critics who had pushed for the wage hike.