As for Starbucks employees, these are people in low -
wage jobs who don't need the extra hassle — or worse — that might come from being required to engage strangers on touchy topics.
Not exact matches
While a lower unemployment rate is certainly better than a higher one, the rate doesn't capture workers
who've quit looking for a
job, part - time workers
who wish to work full - time, or workers
who've experienced a significant
wage reduction in a new
job after they lost their old one.
This means that if you choose to start a business, thinking that it would be a good source of funds, you could very well make less money than your friend
who works a minimum
wage job.
Researchers at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom found that parents
who set super-high expectations for their teenage daughters — and
who constantly reminded them of those expectations — had daughters
who were less likely to become pregnant, drop out of school, or wind up in lousy, low -
wage jobs.
«But some
jobs for low -
wage workers would probably be eliminated, the income of most workers
who became jobless would fall substantially, and the share of low -
wage workers
who were employed would probably fall slightly.»
«Every place around here is looking for help and many employees don't want to take minimum
wage jobs,» says Pavone,
who adds bumping up the
wage would make it harder to find workers.
A study from 2009 now getting buzz on the blogosphere explored the role marriage plays in the lesbian
wage premium, and found that women
who don't expect to be part of a traditional family spend more time investing in labour participation through on - the -
job training and working longer hours than household skills.
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.
And then there's the dilemma of the tipped workers,
who are in sub-minimum
wage jobs, and about to have their tips confiscated.
The slowdown in
job growth and the absence of any significant
wage pressure could strengthen the arguments of those
who see little risk in keeping borrowing costs exceptionally low and waiting not just for more encouraging data but also for unruly markets to settle down.
«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 Campaign.
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.
Who cares how many
jobs you have if they are all part time and pay minimum
wage with no benefits?
He and others
who analyze the
jobs picture agree that low -
wage jobs are a needed entry way into the economy.
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).
Right... unlike the Republicans
who say «Let's all join in unity — that includes you ungrateful poor folk
who don't appreciate your minimum
wage jobs with no health benefits.»
This would allow either parent
who is away from the
waged workforce caring for children to receive child - care payments, children's allowances,
job training and other protections against long - term financial and
job vulnerability.
A
wage - earner
who loses a full - time
job and scrapes by with forty hours from a couple of part - time
jobs would still have access to catastrophic health care insurance.
Those
who work minimum
wage jobs, have pre-existing conditions, etc..
Spoken like someone
who has never had to look for work to support her two kids or pay her rent in an economy where there are at least 200 people applying for every part time, minimum
wage job.
Hallelujah praise the Lord, I feel so much better we are spending money and the 600 employees at Arsenal
who are on minimum
wage all get to keep their
jobs?
Said this three seasons ago and got lambasted by the lies of Josh 27 or whatever his name is Walcott is undertaken Ted, lazy and a bottle
job and has been so for a while We're lumbered though,
who is gonna meet his
wage demands?
Coming back to PSG, it was never reported in the papers but is there anyone
who really thinks that the new owners didn't offer that
job with twice the
wage (yes, twice the
wage Herb) to Wenger, of course they did and yet where is he?
Sean Dyche is a manager in the ascendancy and ours is one
who has failed in his last three
jobs and has the lowest basic
wage of any manager in the Premier League.
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.
Parents
who work in low -
wage jobs can face real difficulties affording quality child care — in 2013, the average cost of full - time care for an infant at a child care center was about $ 10,000 per year — higher than the average cost of in - state tuition at a public 4 - year college - and much higher in some locations.
The shear number of women
who want that
job would drive the
wage down to minimum
wage.
At McNair Elementary, Principal Theresa West said eliminating the small fee would help many of her parents,
who work hourly
wage jobs for landscape services or hotels.
But Cuomo,
who disagreed that a minimum
wage increase was a «
job killer» seemed to adopt some of the argument from Silver,
who has said an increase can spur the economy.
Political analysts have repeatedly pointed out that «other» parties mostly appeal to those
who feel insecure and «left - behind» by the current structure of the economy, which tends to generate low -
wage jobs but constantly requires up - to - date marketable skills.
«The vast majority have children or elderly relatives at home, or they have one or two breadwinners
who work in low -
wage jobs,» he said.
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.
A Labour administration would focus on three things to help ease pressure on public services and wages including better enforcement of the minimum
wage, cracking down on recruitment agencies
who only supplied workers from particular countries and looking at areas and types of
jobs where there were large numbers of foreign workers.
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.»
Senator Jose Peralta argues that means business will be discouraged from hiring older workers,
who the Fiscal Policy Institute says currently hold about 90 percent of low -
wage jobs.
«For employers
who are trying to create new
jobs and expand their business, another minimum
wage increase and an added $ 69 million in new health care taxes would be a brutal combination.
«We need to increase the minimum
wage quickly, I think it should be part of the budget,» said Klein
who says the increase would pump money back into the economy, in the form of fatter paychecks for the working poor, and create 5000 new
jobs.
«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.»
«The minimum
wage is another way to help those
who can only find
jobs with entry - level wages by incentivize and reward work,» Bloomberg says, according to a copy of his prepared remarks (which appears below).
Investigative Post in recent months has published two stories, found here and here, on the project, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo said would create hundreds of good - paying, high - tech
jobs but instead has resulted in a dysfunctional call center employing low -
wage workers
who say they are poorly trained.
«I think it's too soon to tell», said Cuomo
who says he's supported an increase in the minimum
wage in the past, but that some say to increase it now would cause lay offs and hurt
job creation.
The study is titled ALICE for «Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed,» a designation that describes working families struggling to get by on low -
wage jobs, but
who have household incomes too high to qualify for many government assistance programs.
Rafael Espinal,
who represents the neighborhood that is the litmus test for de Blasio's affordable housing plan, said retail businesses that open as part of the plan should be required to pay a living
wage, hire local residents and offer
job training.
His comments about «the economic gains of a recession» were met with anger by TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady,
who said: «Not only is the government failing to deal with the living standards crisis, their advisers are revelling in the
jobs and
wage squeeze that is putting people's finances under strain.»
I'm pretty sure Sen. Cathy Young is correct and
who wants to lose their
job just because the minimum
wage went up?
This would mean that anyone over 25
who has been receiving JobSeeker's Allowance for 2 years or more and anyone under 25
who has been receiving JobSeeker's Allowance for 1 year or more would get a guaranteed
job, paying at least the minimum
wage for 25 hours a week and training of at least 10 hours a week.
Be careful — look at this YouGov poll which shows a majority of people would support renationalisation of the utilities, increasing the minimum
wage to # 10 and the top rate of tax to 60 %... but also a total ban on immigration and benefits for anyone
who turns down a
job, making life mean life with no parole in prison sentences and stopping all international aid.
Small Business groups, farmers and others
who employ low
wage workers are organizing, and a fiscally conservative group is out with a study showing potential
job losses.
This, along with other help specifically for poor people, such as food stamps and health - care benefits, goes to the people
who need it most and not to anyone
who happens to get a minimum -
wage job.