«Are the Republicans really going to stand in
the way of minimum wage increase?
Not exact matches
The association conducted a survey ahead
of Ontario's
minimum wage raise implementation and the vast majority
of respondents said they planned to
increase prices in some
way.
Stores that paid employees
minimum wage, or close to it, were faced with the difficult task
of attempting to find a
way to turn a profit even with
increased employee costs.
Cuomo has taken left turns along the
way, supporting a Democratic takeover
of the state Senate and a faster
increase of the state's
minimum wage, plus allowing local governments to raise the
wage on their own.
These include an
increase in the number
of allowed charter schools, changes to the
way teenage criminal offenders are charged and, on Thursday, a plan to
increase the
minimum wage.
DeFrancisco said that it was unlikely lawmakers would take action this year to help victims
of child sex abuse obtain justice, but also noted he felt the same
way about a $ 15 - an - hour
minimum wage increase proposal — and he was wrong.
But the
way the deal was done — with a promise - busting tax
increase to help pay for an election - year middle - class tax rebate, and a
minimum -
wage boost coupled with a tax cut for small businesses — was a vivid illustration
of the genius and the expediency
of the Andrew Cuomo method.
Meaningful job creation programs,
increasing the
minimum wage, strong support for affordable housing, and an overhaul
of the
way elections are run in New York State are desperately needed, but Governor Cuomo and Senator Skelos, two
of the three most powerful politicians in Albany, have refused to respond to the needs
of low - income New Yorkers and their communities.
A $ 15 an hour
minimum wage, health care for all,
increased funding for mass transit, support for teachers and other union members, stronger rent control and reversing income inequality are just a few
of the
way I will help city residents if elected governor
of New York.
NEW YORK, NY (08/18/2012)(readMedia)-- Meaningful job creation programs,
increasing the
minimum wage, strong support for affordable housing, and an overhaul
of the
way elections are run in New York State are desperately needed, but Governor Cuomo and Senator Skelos, two
of the three most powerful politicians in Albany, have refused to respond to the needs
of low - income New Yorkers and their communities.
Yet in terms
of the law, Rose says there are a few
ways an employer can change the terms
of employment to respond to an
increase in the
minimum wage, for example, or any other reason.