Sentences with phrase «wage push in»

The union and its major New York affiliates — locals 1199 and 32BJ — were deeply involved in last year's minimum wage push in the state.

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But Congress has pushed back against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

The wage demand, pushed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during intensive talks in Washington last week on modernizing the North American Free Tree Agreement, are aimed at preserving U.S. and Canadian auto production and putting upward pressure on Mexico's low auto wages.

But Congress has pushed back hard against the federal wage increase, with legislation to increase the minimum wage to $ 10.10 an hour stalling in the Senate last April.

(The recent slowdown in productivity could arguably be because of the low cost of labor and, therefore, reduced incentives to invest in capital and would likely rebound as labor markets get genuinely tight and start pushing wage - growth up.)

Ontario restaurants hiking menu prices after the province raised its minimum wage this year were likely responsible for pushing January food inflation to its highest annualized increase in nearly two years.

«A strong job market, accelerating wage growth, and expectations of faster rate hikes from the Fed all have played roles in pushing up longer - term rates.»

In fact, if I were RS, I'd worry more about financial and other sectoral (housing) bubbles ending expansions more than I'd worry about full employment driving wage - push inflation.

Once again, it's curious that Trump's former lawyer would disclose this — but it creates an opportunity for Trump's current team to push back in the court of public opinion, trying to either force Mueller to agree to a limited interview, or else to wage a political war by trying to refuse.

However, given the weakness in the bargaining power of so many in the workforce, along with some anxiety about price pressures from wage - push inflation, such evidence must be scrutinized.

If the Fed were to continue hiking rates based on the current low rate of productivity growth for fear that inflation would accelerate, that would tend to keep productivity growth permanently depressed by preventing wage pressures from pushing businesses to investment in productivity boosting technologies.

NEW YORK (TheStreet)-- New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's success in pushing through a hike to the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour has at least one major fast food chain considering some major changes.

McDonald's and low - wage employers everywhere are making billions of dollars in profit and pushing off costs onto taxpayers, while leaving people like us — the people who do the real work — struggling to survive.

But after surging in the previous month, most likely due to the effects of the hurricanes, average hourly earnings were unchanged in October, pushing annual wage growth down to 2.4 %.

«The lack of inventory has pushed up home prices by 48 percent from the low point in 2011, while wage growth over the same period has been only 15 percent,» Yun says.

In the past, this structure made it hard to avoid a wage / inflation spiral, where higher wages pushed up costs, which pushed up prices, which necessitated even higher wages, and so on.

By way of a reminder, the ECB has remained (too) optimistic about core inflation, largely partly on the view that a decline in potential growth to around 1 % and an increase in the equilibrium rate of unemployment would push wage growth and core prices gradually higher by 2017.

The historical forces now pushing those issues toward the top of the social agenda — and therefore toward serious consideration by the churches — are different from those of the turbulent 1920s and «30s, when the masses of working people in the United States were struggling for the basic right to have a union, a decent wage and tolerable working conditions.

The findings of the investigation, which began in March after Fairfax Media exposed wage fraud and a business model that pushed some franchisees to cut corners by underpaying workers, will be made public early next year.

Do we think that any of our current players would push to leave should an offer from China come in to double or triple their current wage?

cavanis wage demands are high he is 160 / w & asking for more but he wants to leave Madrid president perez is in paris to push di maria 2 PSG if that goes through we could have a chance with cavani reus there is interest I would want him but will BVB sell him?

podolski's reps were in Germany 2 days ago he could leave (wage may be a problem) we could push 4 reus 2wards the end of transfer window + cdm & cb many say we will make 1 more big signing

Let us not forget that AFC has not been pushing the sales of many average players, this has kept our wage bill high while increasing year after year, pushing the bar higher and IF AFC can get some of those players sold then AFC will have no problem at all in not only paying Alexis and Ozil what they want, we can afford a couple more WC wages.

In the wake of unfair wage lawsuits taken up against the league by players — which the league has emerged victorious from so far — MLB is pushing harder than ever to make sure minor leaguers are not privy to the benefits of normal hourly workers, lobbying lawmakers constantly to push this into law.

They say that Cech would prefer to stay in London where he has lived for the last ten years (not to mention playing in the best League in the world) but his agents are trying to push him towards the French Champions PSG, because they will pay him more and will match his Chelsea wage of # 120,000 a week.

These wages are pushing Arsene Wenger's wage ceilings to the limit, but possibly we can now afford the extra expense de to our extra profits and the fact that Wenger saves the club money in every transfer window....

With United back in the Champions League (at least for the group stage) and the club's wage bill cut despite the signing of a number of new, exciting players, Woodward continued to push hard on the commercial front to tie - up new partners, sponsors and endorsements for the club.

«For the first time on record, the total wage bill of the highest - paying league (EPL) was more than double that of the next highest - paying league (Italy's Serie A), with the strength of the British pound in 2015 just pushing the English clubs over this line,» the report stated.

Everton will pick up the player's # 250,000 a week wage, which will surely break the club's wage threshold, but being under new ownership, the glass ceiling implemented at the club can be broken, especially if there is a chance the club could become that much better, pushing themselves into the top six of seven clubs in the Premier League table, looking to maintain their improvement and aim to break into the top four, which would be best not to be achieved too quickly as it will be a tough position to maintain continually, looking at United's last four seasons should demonstrate that severely.

Sam returned to his old ways simply to accommodate his two favourite boys Nolan & Carroll, the two most expensive players on the wage bill, but both not fully effective, Nolan is too slow now and Carroll, he is more interested having his face in the newspapers every other day, and pushing down supporters throats his many foreign holidays, constant spending and what a great time he is having.

The Daily Star reported that Khedira has lowered his wage demands in an effort to push through...

But while Democratic lawmakers had been pushing unsuccessfully for wage increase, they're still unhappy with the ultimate agreement, which they also say excluded tipped workers in the process.

«My progressive ideals will always go hand in hand with working families, and my legislative record speak for itself, from pushing to pass the Paid Family Leave program to increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour,» Peralta said.

The Syracuse Republican and deputy Senate majority leader has a knack for getting under Cuomo's skin, a dynamic that began in earnest when he criticized the governor's push for a $ 15 minimum wage.

But the minimum wage increase backed by Assembly Democrats aligns with de Blasio's push to hike the minimum wage in the city to $ 15 by 2018, plus indexing to inflation future increases.

But a subsequent labor - backed movement for $ 15 sprung up around the country, with a push in a variety of cities to increase the wage to that target.

DiNapoli said his office also has questions about the timing of the governor's plan to raise the hourly minimum wage of state workers $ 15 an hour in order to set an example for his push for a statewide hike to that level.

Combined with other expected rises, such as wage and cost inflation, this could push bills at or near the record # 1,500 mark in certain areas.

The Syracuse Republican insisted the conference had to remain united on the minimum wage vote, which was packaged with a boost in school aid and an elimination of education cuts GOP lawmakers had pushed for since last year.

In turn, Heastie praised Cuomo's push to get liberal policies enacted, even jokingly suggesting Cuomo approved the state's increase in the minimum wage in order to beat California by taking advantage of the 3 - hour time differencIn turn, Heastie praised Cuomo's push to get liberal policies enacted, even jokingly suggesting Cuomo approved the state's increase in the minimum wage in order to beat California by taking advantage of the 3 - hour time differencin the minimum wage in order to beat California by taking advantage of the 3 - hour time differencin order to beat California by taking advantage of the 3 - hour time difference.

In their endorsements, the clubs pointed to Cuomo's push for a $ 15 minimum wage, the legalization of same - sex marriage and gun control legislation.

Republican lawmakers in the chamber have for the past several legislative sessions pushed for an ease to regulations in the state, and this year the GOP conference renewing that effort after ultimately backing an increase to the state's minimum wage in the budget, with the floor growing to $ 15 in some parts of the state over the next several years.

Klein has pointed to IDC successes in the Senate, including minimum wage increases and a successful push for the creation of paid family leave.

An extension of rent control regulations and mayoral control of New York City schools, as we as a renewed minimum wage push will be on the Democratic - led Assembly's agenda in the post-budget legislative session.

The IDC, formed in 2011 and led by Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, has successfully pushed through a variety of liberal measures, including increases in the minimum wage and a 12 - week paid family leave program.

Workers in restaurants, nail salons and car washes rallied to kick off a campaign to push for one single minimum wage, instead of the $ 7.50 to $ 8.65 tipped workers currently take home, which is below the state's minimum wage of $ 10.40 to $ 13, depending on the area of the state.

The AFL - CIO has been pushing back hard in particular against the mayor's plan as well, while a rally of labor groups was held at the Capitol today to back the prevailing wage component.

SEIU officials say their push for a minimum wage hike is in line with their commitment to advancing the economic lot of workers.

The governor already has formal endorsements in hand from several longtime backers, including 1199SEIU, which represents health care workers and supported Cuomo's push to increase the minimum wage; the National Organization for Women; the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; and the Human Rights Campaign, which worked with Cuomo in pushing to legalize same - sex marriage.

And so they backed Cuomo, in exchange for promises to fight for Democratic control of the State Senate and push more progressive policies, including the minimum wage hike that Cuomo delivered.