Sentences with phrase «wage proposal goes»

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Gov. David Paterson this morning traded indirect barbs with PEF President Ken Brynien, all but accusing the labor leader of lying on the airwaves while defending labor's refusal to go along with furloughs, wage freezes and other cost - cutting proposals.

The 50 or so demonstrators directed their ire toward Governor Cuomo and Senate Co Leader Jeff Klein, who they say aren't doing enough to convince Republicans in the Senate to go along with a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 9 an hour.

And while we support the Governor's proposal and hope that the Republican - controlled state Senate goes along with it, we're not convinced that the state should have a two - tiered minimum wage.

«We're now coming into the heat of the negotiating session with the Assembly and the Senate and now we're going to determine whether or not our key legislative proposals actually pass,» Cuomo told listeners, highlighting his push to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and his proposal for 12 weeks of employee - funded paid family leave.

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.

But between the minimum wage increase to $ 15 Cuomo is pushing and other ideas like a paid family leave program, «businesses are just going to shrug their shoulders and turn away; there's not going to be rousing applause» for the tax cut proposals, according to NFIB's Mike Durant.

«We're not going to accept a minimum wage proposal that would be an insult to our principles,» Heastie said.

«In addition to his efforts to improve the State's economy, the governor's proposal to raise the minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 8.75 an hour — to keep up with the cost of living — would go a long way in helping put more money in the pockets of New Yorkers while also stimulating the economy.»

«The line on the chart for unemployment for teen - agers goes right along increasing with the increase in minimum wage,» he said in support of a proposal to pay young people $ 2.50 per hour for summer employment.

Doug Hoyes: So, when we compare a bankruptcy and a proposal together, they both stop wage garnishments, they're both going to stop collection calls.