Sentences with phrase «with lower wage jobs»

Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia were the exception with no real rent growth due partially to decreases in high paying government jobs and increases in sectors with lower wage jobs.

The costs of a college education being so high, combined with the lower wage jobs (or stagnant wage jobs that are available), will rightfully weigh down spending on gee - gawgs and doo - dads of any nature.

Not exact matches

Their criminal record closed many doors for these women, their skills were often extremely limited, and the low - wage jobs they could get demanded so many hours to make ends meet that they were left with unsolvable childcare problems.

Thousands of low - paid workers striking in hundreds of cities across the country, demanding a minimum wage of up to $ 15 per hour to replace the current $ 7.25 minimum wage, showing that an increasing amount of those even in jobs are unhappy with their lot.

A «solid jobs number with lower wage numbers has muted inflation concerns,» said Jeff Chang, managing director at Cboe Vest.

Even young people with jobs still grapple with low wage growth, job insecurity, high debt loads and more

Average wages may not be keeping up with inflation, but that is because employers are creating millions of low wage jobs in restaurants and the like.

In terms of wage trends across the distribution, a strong theme of my own work, often with economist Dean Baker, is that as the unemployment rate falls, the tightening job market disproportionately helps lower - wage and minority workers.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

The acute crisis has stabilized, though many of the jobs lost then have not returned, replaced instead with lower - wage, lower - stability positions.

Though most associates remained on the job, many credit the event with being the public launch of the low - wage workers» movement.

Lower - wage occupations, with median hourly wages of $ 7.69 to $ 13.83, accounted for 21 percent of job losses during the retraction.

Homebuyers continue to fork over more dollars to buy properties while we sit with stagnant wage growth, stagnant economic growth and low - wage jobs being about all that's created.

Those with no college education and little vocational preparation are typically relegated to low - wage service industry jobs.

Some jobs will come back when the economy turns around, but many are gone forever — shipped overseas to lower - wage countries, having become casualties of a new technology that replaces men and women with machines.

These include: developing prenatal care for expectant mothers, providing low - cost housing for the elderly, forming political coalitions with Hispanics, Asians, and Caucasians, waging war against drug traffic, and conducting a Job Information Center for all unemployed persons.

Take new baby to childcare of SOME description, somewhere, with enough food to get baby through the day while mom goes and works one, two, or even three low - wage jobs.

Our social policy of providing only very «temporary assistance to needy families» comes with the built - in insistence that they take personal responsibility for their children, meaning they should get themselves a low - wage job, often with no choice but to leave their children in less than optimal child care.

@Readin, On consideration, slavery is still on the political spectrum, albeit on a different axis of theft (of human resources), where the extreme would be slavery on one end, moving over to various forms of cruel peonage, then to sweatshops, then to low pay dead end jobs with wage theft, the same without wage theft, the same with benefits, and so on up, the opposite side being no theft at all so that a given laborer is paid their fair share.

But it creates incentives for employers to increase the number of low - wage jobs that it fills with teenagers paid exactly the minimum wage rate

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

When the reich wing blowhard teacher - haters are all laid off from their jobs due to the contraction of the economy, the loss off the middle class consumer base and record small business failures, when their kids have to move in with them through their 20s and 30s because their only career paths go through low - wage positions at MacDonald's and Wal - Mart, and when all the good teachers find jobs in Europe, Asia and places like Dubai, maybe they'll be satisfied.

«Instead of reaching out to union leaders to gain consensus on an affordable housing program that ensures middle - class wages for workers, (de Blasio) coordinated with a lobbying group — led by billionaire developers — to run an anti-union campaign that would lead to unsafe job sites and a low - wage workforce,» The Greater New York Laborers - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation said in a joint statement.

But too many people found themselves stuck in low skilled, low wage jobs which offered neither satisfaction, nor time to spend with the family.

He says while many of the Wall Street jobs have been replaced with low wage positions, there is also growth in the tech industry which may help to diversify the work force.

Small Business groups, farmers and others who employ low wage workers are organizing, and a fiscally conservative group is out with a study showing potential job losses.

In fact, the contract between the company and a state - affiliated development corporation included no such requirement and what we got instead was a dysfunctional call center with low - wage jobs.

The Center for Popular Democracy said three in five American workers — about 75 million people — are paid hourly, with recent job growth mainly in low - wage jobs, often part - time and subject to last - minute scheduling practices.

So the next time you hear someone say, «You can't raise taxes on the rich in New York, they already pay too much and they'll just move to Texas or Florida; it's just common sense», you should say, «Yes we can raise taxes on the richest New Yorkers, all of the data over many years and many studies has shown definitively that they aren't going anywhere, so you can stick your common sense in a hot, humid, boring low - tax state with low - wage jobs.»

And, worryingly, the factory jobs that now provide a decent living for those with minimal training are moving from China to lower - wage countries.

Cheap Thrills follows Craig (Pat Healy, Compliance), a struggling family man who loses his low - wage job and is threatened with eviction.

These are the kids whose fathers may be incarcerated, whose mothers may be working long hours at low - wage jobs, who live in troubled neighborhoods with little to occupy them in their free time, and whose parents lack the connections and knowledge needed to put them on a path to the middle class.

The best we can do for them is to ease their path to high school graduation, and then raise the minimum wage so that their low - skilled jobs will provide greater income — or find other ways to supplement their earnings with government services.

Are we satisfied with a school system that that will send the other three - quarters of students into low - wage jobs or into college with little opportunity to complete a degree or certificate that might allow them to chase the American Dream?

However, in many ways the ability to follow rules is a trait most associated with the lowest - skill and lowest - wage jobs (Bowles & Gintis, 1976, p. 129).

Therefore, not being able to afford college without student loans a person must decide... have student loans and an OK job, but never OWN a home, or don't go to college, make a low wage (typically with no secondary education), so therefore save pennies for years to pay somewhat for college, to eventually get a good paying job, all while finally being able to buy a home at the age of 40 or even older.

At the same time, through the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), we joined forces with local community members and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to build RePower LA, a program in which low - income residents lower their neighbors» utility bills and receive a living wage as they make businesses and homes more energy efficient, train for jobs with the local utility, and get on a path to union membership.

Retirement benefits interfere with the labour market's flexibility, and the willingness of people to take low - wage jobs.

The Canadian gender wage gap is twice the global average, patterns of job segregation by sex remain unchanged with women concentrated in traditionally female and lower - paying jobs, and women are disproportionately represented in part - time, precarious work.

With the minimum wage rising this month to $ 14, her increased phantom wage from a job she doesn't have means her correspondingly lower loss - of - earnings (LOE) benefits will push her further into poverty.

After 18 weeks, they would be required to further expand their job search to include any work that they are qualified (able) to perform (with on - the - job if required (with necessary trainings), at wages starting at 70 % of their previous earnings, but not lower than the prevailing minimum wage.

That said, I also think that employers who offer low - wage jobs with no benefits are kidding themselves if they think they're going to get loads of high - quality candidates who will really stick around if something better turns out.

Many economists expect wage growth to accelerate with the unemployment rate at historically low levels — let's hope this happens sooner rather than later but until then put your best foot forward to maximize your job search success!

With Medical Assistant Job Description mentioned above you can earn a median annual wage of $ 28,250, with the lowest 10 % earning $ 20,919 and the highest 10 % earning $ 37,With Medical Assistant Job Description mentioned above you can earn a median annual wage of $ 28,250, with the lowest 10 % earning $ 20,919 and the highest 10 % earning $ 37,with the lowest 10 % earning $ 20,919 and the highest 10 % earning $ 37,540.

Based on May 2010 statistics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics states the median annual wage in a fulltime medical clerical career job was $ 28,860, with earnings of less than $ 20,810 on the low end and $ 40,190 on the high end.

The most common occupation with low median wages is cashier with more than 5,600 jobs paying an annual median wage of $ 19,045.

Teen parents with low educational attainment are likely to have a more difficult time finding a stable job that pays a livable wage.

Whether early educators are working in private for - profit or not - for - profit programs, Head Start, prekindergarten classrooms or family child care homes, T.E.A.C.H. has increased the availability of accessible, affordable college education and workforce supports for these women in low wage jobs working with vulnerable children in early education settings.

Workers at the lower end of the wage and skill spectrum find themselves struggling to make a decent living, with few or no benefits, little job security and minimal control over their work conditions.

«Limited job prospects, student debt, and flat wage growth have combined with tight credit conditions and low inventory to price millennials out of some of the top cities such as New York and San Francisco,» says Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist.