Sentences with phrase «wage numbers show»

With inflation currently sitting at 2.9 %, Wednesday's wage numbers show that real wages are actually falling in the UK for a fourth consecutive month.

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Canada has long struggled to tackle the wage gap, with the most recent numbers showing women on average earn 87 cents for every dollar made by a man.

A number of Liberal party supporters and candidates on Twitter cited a government study on federally regulated industries showing that only 416 of those workers made minimum wage in 2008.

However, hikes in minimum wages in a number of states and reports that prominent companies are having to offer higher pay to attract workers may start to show up in wage statistics in the months ahead.

Since September 2011 — when the premier first launched her so - called «jobs plan» that she said specifically targets the private sector — Statistics Canada numbers show it's been a complete failure for both creating jobs and wage growth.

While profits of most of the listed companies in the S&P 500 Index showed robust growth, there are a number of underlying factors such as wage growth, consumer spending, auto and home sales that need to expand significantly.

Michael Kink, with the progressive group the Strong Economy for All Coalition, says Cuomo's strategy shows that he is serious about getting a law passed that would bring New York from the 20th highest minimum wage in the country, to the number three position.

In a video showed at the W.F.P. convention last night, Cuomo expressed support for a number of key progressive initiatives, like allowing municipalities to raise their minimum wage, an issue he balked at previously.

Greenberg says the poll numbers show the minimum wage issue is tailor made to please the liberal base.

Russell Sykes, with the Empire Center, says IRS numbers show 75 % to 80 % of minimum wage workers who are eligible for the tax credit actually do receive it.

Greenberg said the poll numbers show the minimum wage issue is tailor made to please the liberal base.

The study breaks workers down into a number of wage categories, and shows that, in 2008, out of the 820,216 workers in federally regulated industries, 1 % had hourly wages of under $ 10, 4 % had hourly wages between $ 10 and $ 12.49 and 10 % had hourly wages between $ 12.50 and $ 19.99.

A number of Liberal party supporters and candidates on Twitter cited a government study on federally regulated industries showing that only 416 of those workers made minimum wage in 2008.

Thus far the numbers do not show that, but there has been upward wage pressure starting to appear in some industries.

The number has improved slightly compared to last year's Hired report, which was 69 percent, but it shows how the wage gap continues to affect women.