Sentences with phrase «wage job living»

How do we help young people attain at least «medium - level» skills so that they need not toil in minimum - wage jobs all their lives?

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For people who decide not to pursue a college degree, it might seem challenging to find a job that both is appealing and pays a living wage.

Myerson suggests the government guarantee jobs for all at a living wage.

In the U.S., this kind of job migration occurs not because employees hate their jobs or don't make a living wage — but simply because it's an option.

From the vantage point of 2016, when all those angry Trump voters are asking for is better jobs and more affordable healthcare, paying everyone a living wage not to work sounds extreme.

A high unemployment rate and a relatively low average weekly wage make Riverside one of the worst cities to live in if you want to find your dream job.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

«People have been squeezed before 2008 and they're gradually being squeezed more, and what it translates into is more people who are working or living in poverty having to go to food banks, trying to get two or three jobs, or going without basic necessities like food or heating,» said Michael McCarthy Flynn, spokesperson for the Living Wage for Families Camliving in poverty having to go to food banks, trying to get two or three jobs, or going without basic necessities like food or heating,» said Michael McCarthy Flynn, spokesperson for the Living Wage for Families CamLiving Wage for Families Campaign.

By continuing to spur the creation of new small businesses and providing high - quality living wage jobs, solar's dramatic growth under the Obama Administration enables more Americans to provide for their families while also helping the United States to achieve its clean energy and climate goals.

In WILTW May 26, 2016, we pointed out that more Americans in the 18 to 34 - year old age group were more likely to be living with their parents (32.1 %), the highest percentage since the 1930s, as opposed to living with their spouse or partner in a separate household (31.6 %)-- the unfortunate result of too little high - wage job creation and too much student loan debt.

Our living wage jobs are exported.

The only solution i see is a new federal jobs program with a living wage, that then forces the private sector to compete for skilled labor.

With the intention of showing that there is an alternative to the 9 to 5 indoctrination, I have decided to interview 10 people who have taken control of their own lives, 10 people who don't care about minimum wage nor government social programs because they have created their own jobs.

Not all jobs can, or will ever, pay a «living wage».

It is in corporate CEO interest to keep racing to the bottom for labor, so those jobs aren't coming back here until we're living a third - world lifestyle and will accept a dollar a day as a wage.

All I want to know is A) Can they put the welfare of this nation ahead of that religion, and B) how exactly do they plan on reviving the economy and bring back living - wage jobs.

Romney's already stated that he firmly believes that corporations are people, so no, he's not going to bring back living - wage jobs.

I think most (I know not all) want to get off of public assistance and make their own money, but if they can't get a job, or can only get a minimum wage position, they can't make any improvements to their living conditions.

Developers pitch their plans partly in terms of the number of «living wage» jobs that they will create.

You can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps unless somebody recognizes the value of your work and has the deep pockets to reward that ability with a «living - wage» job that allows for advancement..

On top of that, the same right - wing cons who praise capitalism as the reason that millions of people have, truthfully, found a way out of poverty, support politicians who keep wages stagnated, attack the very CONCEPT of a minimum wage despite the skyrocketing inflation and general cost of living, and support one war after another that makes a handful of people VERY rich while millions suffer, and thousands of troops come home with no legs (and thus, lose their jobs and often never recover).

(Miller follows the advice of sympathetic economists and his own businessman's instincts to argue that raising the statutory minimum wage to an actual living wage would cost too many jobs.)

Many report being subsidized by a spouse — which often means that they are the ones able to take jobs in small churches that can not otherwise offer a living wage.

The pool of labor will increase in relation to jobs paying a living wage, and this will exert further downward pressure on wages.

Plus, forcing people to work part - time creates «more», «good - paying» (meaning minimum wage) jobs, none of which anyone can actually live on.

If the best job they can get is low - wage, then a combination of wage subsidies and a child tax credit will enable them to earn a living, provided they work.

He gets a minimum wage job and lives alone in a basement apartment.

Paying minor leaguers a living wage, especially when most of them are going to be spit out on the other side, 10 years older and without any transferable job skills, shouldn't be a radical concept.

Our Healthy School Food venture brings award - winning, farm - to - school menus to low - income schoolchildren across DC, all while creating living - wage careers for unemployed adults who have completed our Culinary Job Training program.

We fight hunger differently by providing the high - quality nutrition kids relying on school meals need to learn and grow while sustaining meaningful, living - wage careers for at - risk adults who have completed our Culinary Job Training program.

How many people can afford to take a job that you can't make a living wage at, can afford to take a job with random un-paid breaks during the school year?

-- fail to pay a living wage, provide job security or provide enough hours of work.

«There's no doubt about it: if we want living wage jobs, stronger hospitals and schools, more affordable rents, lower property taxes, a cleaner environment, and a state government that actually gets things done, politicians like Pedro Espada have got to go.»

«The keys to keeping our economy growing are to keep investing in infrastructure, so we have a better climate for job growth, and to make sure workers all get safe working conditions and a wage they can live on.

We've worked to create a situation where the middle class is suddenly within reach of gaming workers... not a bunch of minimum - wage jobs where people have to live on the dole to survive.»»

a disaggregation of jobs within each industry at the job site and whether employees are earning a living wage or receiving health benefits;

Hawkins and the Green Party have long advocated for a Green New Deal, which is a full employment program with a public guarantee of a living wage job that begins with transitioning to 100 % clean energy by 2030.

Five million people, mostly women were in low paid, dead end jobs earning less than the living wage

A previous study showing that a compulsory living wage would result in 160,000 job losses overestimated the threat of job losses and failed to take into account the economic stimulus that higher pay would give the economy, according to Reed.

They cite a new report which claims that raising the minimum wage to the level of the living wage would actually increase jobs in the UK.

This is a wise investment of tax dollars that will help rebuild our region's infrastructure while at the same time providing living wage construction jobs for people who want to work,» said Buffalo NAACP President Rev. Mark Blue.

The new first source hiring policy will get to the root of the problem, and actively connect residents living in poverty with jobs that pay a living wage.

The simple fact of the matter is that the US does not have anywhere near enough living wage jobs for its population.

Regardless of how the WFP pyschodrama plays out, the Green Party will remain the choice this November for progressives who support a $ 15 an hour minimum wage, living wage jobs, climate action, strong public schools, and an end to corruption at the State Capitol.»

What we need instead is to build a party of the 99 % to win living wage jobs for all, action on climate change, an end to the new Jim Crow, and making health care a right,» said Hawkins.

Here in Islington, the company that delivered ground maintenance moved to pay the living wage, without extra cost to the local taxpayer or any job losses.

During separate and recent evenings on the campaign trail, the candidates offered up the usual political fare: use environmental technologies to create jobs (Kessner); give teachers more time to implement the Common Core teaching standards (Stott); ensure more workers have a living wage.

Labour should emphasise tax justice, a living wage, secure jobs, a resolution to the housing crisis, and shifting the economy from one rigged in favour of those at the top in favour of working people.

What we want to make sure is that we raise the minimum wage and we've got a radical plan to do it, that doesn't cost jobs, so in addition to raising the minimum wage we've got a plan to provide tax breaks for employers for the first time, to raise the living wage.

«As I have said many times, no one who works a full - time job should have to live in poverty, and by increasing the minimum wage we can dramatically improve the lives of so many workers and their families.»