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The county Legislature is expected to take up the CPS wage proposal at its regular meeting next week.

New York Farm Bureau members hold banners opposing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 15 minimum wage proposal at the State Capitol Building in Albany.

Not exact matches

Several hundred marched near Disney World in October and in December Orlando workers rejected a company proposal to boost the lowest wage by $ 1 over two years to $ 11 an hour because it would still leave new hires at $ 10, according to Jeremy Haicken, president of Unite Here Local 737, which represents food and housekeeping workers.

«Even if the current minimum wage increase proposals don't affect your company, it sets a bad precedent,» Merrill Matthews a resident scholar at the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas wrote in a recent article for NCMM.

At this point, the idea of a higher minimum wage is certainly more than a proposal or an idea in a speech — it's something of a national movement.

Using the most favourable set of assumptions of employment growth at 0.75 % per year and wage growth of only 1.51 % per year over 11 years, I find that the federal minimum wage proposal would only directly boost the wages of 52,361 individuals.

We believe the living wage reflects those costs,» said a speaker from Vancity Investment Management Ltd., which submitted the shareholder proposal at Loblaw's annual general meeting of shareholders Thursday.

But it now appears United hijacked the deal at the eleventh hour by outbidding their rivals» transfer fee and wage proposal.

Statement by New York State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento on the Assembly's Amended Minimum Wage Proposal Thursday February 14, 2013 at 03:44 pm

Last week at the state Business Council's annual meeting, Cuomo floated the possibility of a tax cut linked to the wage proposal as a way to make the measure more palatable.

Workers, labor advocates and faith leaders plan to hold a 24 - hour vigil at the New York state Capitol in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 15.

A version of this article appears in print on May 24, 2010, on Page A20 of the New York edition with the headline: Wage Proposal for Workers at Subsidized Projects May Prompt a Fight at City Hall.

«We raised the minimum wage last year, and we're now in the midst of a minimum wage phase - in schedule,» Cuomo said at a news conference in Manhattan, where he was flanked by labor leaders who later praised his proposal.

The proposal would follow the July recommendation by a panel formed at Cuomo's request that the wage floor for just fast - food workers be raised to $ 15 by 2018 in New York City and by 2021 in the rest of the state.

Recent months have been marked by friendly fire from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has challenged Mr. de Blasio at every turn — on mayoral control, on minimum wage proposals, on Ebola, on snowstorms.

About 20,000 cabin cleaners, baggage handlers, restaurant staff and other minimum - wage workers at New York's three major airports could receive a substantial pay raise, following a proposal by the Port Authority of New York and Jersey.

A majority of voters continue to back the minimum wage being set at $ 15, a proposal that still must be approved by skeptical Republicans who control the state Senate.

At 9 a.m., NY Secretary of State Cesar Perales discusses Cuomo's minimum wage proposal, Commonwealth Home Fashions Boardroom, 1500 N. Clinton Ave., Rochester.

The wage board's recommendation must still be approved by Acting Labor Commissioner Mario Musolino, but there is little doubt that he would turn the proposal down after it was embraced by Cuomo at a rally following the announcement earlier this month.

Senate Republicans may also want to win a version of their property - tax rebate proposal, which at one point was going to be linked to a minimum wage increase or the DREAM Act.

His proposal at the start of the year would have raised the state's minimum wage to $ 11.50 in New York City and $ 10.50 elsewhere in the state.

At 1:30 p.m., NYS Secretary of State Cesar Perales discusses the governor's minimum wage proposal, Sweetness 7 Café, 220 Grant St., Buffalo.

The Assembly's one - house budget includes a $ 200 million reserve fund to help health care providers afford an increase in the statewide hourly minimum wage to $ 15, while the Senate's version doesn't address the wage issue at all, but does have a Paid Family Leave proposal.

A group representing school business managers says Cuomo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour could put upward pressure on property taxes, making it even harder to adhere to the approximately 2 percent annual cap the governor pushed through at the start of his first term.

Also at 11 a.m., the Senate holds a hearing on proposals to increase the minimum wage in New York to $ 15 an hour, Hearing Room A, LOB, Albany.

Howard Zemsky, head of Empire State Development, told legislators at a budget hearing that the governor's $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage proposal would be an economic booster because it would raise people out of poverty who will spend and circulate that money.

Cuomo's proposal would give New York the highest state minimum wage in the country — and it exceeds Barack Obama's previous goal of a $ 10.10 federal minimum wage when, as he proposed, it took effect at year's end.

And she urges lawmakers to adopt a proposal by New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio to allow localities to set their own minimum wage at a higher rate.

Coming out of a meeting at the governor's office, Heastie said the discussion on the minimum wage increase an «open discussion,» when asked by Capital if he was pushing for the Assembly's $ 15 an hour proposal.

The governor identified other issues as priorities for being included within the budget, including increasing the minimum wage to $ 10.50 statewide and to $ 11.50 in New York City, a series of tax cuts, and a set of economic and infrastructural revitalization proposals aimed at upstate New York.

While his administration can claim several major accomplishments from the session, including raising the minimum wage and establishing paid family leave, the scope of Mr. Cuomo's end - of - session wish list seemed somewhat diminished next to the vision he outlined at his State of the State address in January, which included nearly 150 proposals.

A group representing school business managers says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour could put upward pressure on property taxes, making it even harder to adhere to the approximately 2 percent annual cap the governor pushed through at the start of his first term.

, at a rally for a $ 15 minimum wage on Thursday, and released, «Taking Care of our Caretakers,» a report laying out the IDC's proposal to raise the wage for home health aides, direct care workers and personal care aides.

If the governor's proposal is passed by the state Legislature, which seems unlikely at the moment, given opposition by the Senate Republicans, New York would become the first state in the country to raise the minimum wage to $ 15.

At least two business groups are lining up on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to increase the state's minimum wage, while two others, the state Business Council and the Rochester - based Unshackle Upstate, hope negotiations will at least alter the measurAt least two business groups are lining up on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to increase the state's minimum wage, while two others, the state Business Council and the Rochester - based Unshackle Upstate, hope negotiations will at least alter the measurat least alter the measure.

From more shared ownership options to fix the housing crisis, via a call to make unpaid internships illegal, to making the UK a Living Wage nation by 2025 at the latest, its proposals are far - reaching.

He appeared to scoff at the Assembly's proposal that would have raised the minimum wage across the state to $ 15 by the end of 2018.

At the time, Cuomo appeared to agree to back the mayor's proposal to allow the city to raise its minimum wage up to 30 percent higher than the state's (as well as other WFP - backed policies and a Democratic takeover of the state Senate).

In addition, several other political action committees are spending more than $ 4.4 million they raised on several advisory - only ballot proposals aimed at driving Democratic turnout, including a proposal asking voters if they support an increase in the minimum wage.

Under his proposal, the wage would increase to $ 11.50 and $ 10.50 at the end of 2016.

«A new legislative proposal in the City Council that would expand living wage and require labor harmony at all future subsidized living wage retail developments will be an ideal complement to what the mayor has proposed today,» Appelbaum said.

And she urges lawmakers to adopt a proposal by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to allow localities to set their own minimum wage at a higher rate.

The Senate's proposal would grant six weeks of paid leave at a rate of up to $ 424 a week in the first year, increasing to 50 percent of the average weekly wage in subsequent years.

She urges lawmakers to adopt a proposal by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to allow localities to set their own minimum wage at a higher rate.

«We're discussing a number of proposals on 421 - a,» Cuomo told reporters, speaking after a minimum - wage rally at the headquarters of the New York Hotel Trades Council.

Identifying ways to address inequalities like those presented at the briefing, including evidence of a persistent gender - based wage gap and bias in NIH R01 grant proposal evaluation, is crucial for supporting female academics» career aspirations.

Using the most favourable set of assumptions of employment growth at 0.75 % per year and wage growth of only 1.51 % per year over 11 years, I find that the federal minimum wage proposal would only directly boost the wages of 52,361 individuals.

If your budget shows that you can't afford to do it yourself, you need to look at other bankruptcy alternatives, such as debt consolidation, credit counseling, Chapter 13 Wage Earner Plan, consumer proposal or if all else fails, personal bankruptcy.

The DOL's previous proposal would have allowed employers to require tipped employees paid at least the full minimum wage to share their tips with employees who are not typically tipped.