Sentences with phrase «wage issue»

The advocates say if the special session does not occur, then they would like to see the minimum wage issue raised early in the new year.

They said it would go nowhere and wasn't even a real starting point, offering only a chance to debate the prevailing wage issue further.

A coalition of labor and disability groups are raising concerns over the end - of - year push for ride hailing, pointing to wage issues for drivers and accessibility problems for passengers.

With the publication of this manual on the Anker Methodology of Living Wage measurement, there is an unprecedented opportunity to measure living wages that are accepted by the variety of players involved in living wage issues, and to lead cooperation and shape discussions about worker needs and wage levels around the world, to achieve progressive improvement in wages towards a living wage globally.

Martin is chair of the Labor Committee, which handles wage issues and is key to reaching a final deal on the budget.

«With wage issues we have to stay within appropriation and control of wages.

Even though the federal government, New York and surrounding states have tackled the issue over the decades, experts who study wage issues are sharply divided.

«I'd prefer legislative action, but we have been shown there are other ways to address wage issues.»

Some people said the screed, directed at CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, drew attention to prevalent wage issues in the area; others accused the employee of acting entitled and failing to find better or more work or a place to live that costs less than her current $ 1,245 rent.

By the same turn, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can could hold out and keep the minimum wage issue going in order to expand his own gigantic Democratic conference.

A separate Democratic source wondered whether the mainline conference wanted to keep the minimum wage issue alive as an election issue heading into the general election for control of the narrowly divided Senate.

The Senate plans to hold a series of hearings on the minimum wage issue later this year.

At the center of a scrum of reporters earlier, Rivera insisted that the reason for the vote was not centered on the living wage issue despite his firm backing of the community's push for this requirment.

The rally focused on various wage issues.

The Nassau and Suffolk district attorneys, Schneiderman's office, the state Department of Labor and the federal Department of Labor also are investigating Sandy contractors including Looks Great over prevailing wage issues and how the contracts were awarded.

Cuomo has strongly emphasized the minimum wage issue in the first weeks of the year, while ethics has largely fallen by the wayside.

Roughly 140 municipalities across the country have passed similar legislation, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Fe, N.M., said Robert Pollin, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst who has studied living wage issues.

Mr. Wright has not sat on the Labor Committee, which typically handles wage issues, since 2013, when he took over the Housing Committee chairmanship.

The ultimatum handed down by Cuomo and the legislature on the prevailing wage issue in June 2015 — which put developers and construction unions in the position of having to agree on an extremely contentious issue — has been painted by some observers as doomed from the start.

One poll suggests the wage issue is a political winner, and not just in Ontario.

Viggiano spoke with Inc. following an interview with TaskRabbit chief executive Leah Busque in the Wall Street Journal, where she discussed the wage issue.

When later asked by an analyst whether the business has seen any impact from the media attention it received over the minimum wage issue and how the company plans to offset labour headwinds, Schwartz repeated that the company's primary objective is to drive sales growth to offset any cost inflations.

The most important labor debate in the country right now isn't the minimum wage issue that President Obama spent so much time on in his SOTU speech this week.

Ontario announced last week that the minimum wage will rise to $ 11 in June and that it will tie annual increases thereafter to inflation, integrating the key element of predictability that Premier Kathleen Wynne hopes will â $ œdepoliticizeâ $ the minimum - wage issue.

I don't think it's a wage issue (as we were in danger of exceeding PL rules — we've got Walcott, Sanchez and Coquelin off the wage bill recently), so why not keep Giroud at least until the end of the season AND sign Aubameyang?

Truth be told, I du n no how I personally feel about the wage issue.

I agree with you on the wage issue, we could afford to pay better wages for star players and I think the biggest part holding us back here is Wengers idea of a more balanced pay between the squad, sounds nice in theory but it hinders player development.

Walcott is a prime example of holding on to players too long and overpaying them which in turn creates a wage issue and therefore the chaos that is Arsenal today.

I think the wage issue is why Arsene usually won't buy a player until he sells someone first.

Coming back to the wage issue, fans are rather annoyed that players who need to be retained are let go because of their demands are deemed «exorbitant» and are in excess of our maximum wage limit.

Senate Republicans have not ruled out a potential deal on the wage issue in the $ 154 billion budget, even as their one - house budget resolution called for an economic analysis of the issue that could extend over the next several weeks.

Lawmakers — both Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — this week indicated negotiations were going smoothly on the wage issue.

The wage issue nevertheless the was a contentious one for Senate Republicans.

However, Senate GOP lawmakers were not concerned the minimum wage issue would be used against them in an election - year campaign, he said.

But as it stands now, the desires of developers and unions are in direct conflict with each other, and no one appears — at least publicly — to be jumping at the chance to tackle the prevailing wage issue.

The minimum wage issue is turning out to be the gift that keeps on giving for both Democrats and Republicans.

That's according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who in an interview on NY1 after last night's Brooklyn debate said the exchange over the wage issue highlighted the main differences between the two candidates.

Monday in the New York Daily News, Miner said she sees no benefit to publicly attacking DeFrancisco on the wage issue even though a number of groups have asked her to do so.

The whole prevailing wage issue is a big one for the left - leaning labor unions and the WFP and was the focus of a fight last year regarding the development of the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx.

Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) Dear Senate Republicans, You are wrong on the minimum wage issue.

And I want to actually go directly to the wage issue now.

OBRADOVICH: Senator Sanders, you've actually talked about immigration as being a wage issue in the United States.

«But what we're trying to set the statement down is there are so many other examples like last year's minimum wage issue.»

Perhaps that influenced the decision by HTC, which supports Cuomo, to single out Miner - out of all the officials in New York - for an attack on the minimum wage issue, even though the Syracuse mayor supports the $ 15 minimum wage the unions want.

Diaz met with Related on Saturday and offered a compromise on the living wage issue, but Related wouldn't budge.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Wednesday that they are negotiating possible compromises on the minimum wage issue, which could include a lower minimum wage in Upstate New York than in New York City, excluding farms from the hike, and providing a tax credit to small businesses to help them adjust.

The governor, however, did express a willingness to negotiate with lawmakers and left open the possibility that the wage issue could be put off until after the adoption of a new state budget next month.

The move comes on top of an effort to hold town hall style conference calls with voters around the state on the wage issue.