Sentences with phrase «won modest raises»
Transit workers won modest raises and defeated outsourcing plans, one - person train operation and a move to part - time bus drivers.
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Though Governor Andrew Cuomo has expressed support for instituting a congestion pricing program to reduce street congestion in Manhattan and create a dedicated source of revenue for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and said that he is fighting for such a scheme in state budget negotiations, the governor has recently indicated that he may only be able to win a modest first step, raising the ire of those expecting more.
A more modest proposal by Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, to raise the national minimum wage to $ 12 an hour won the backing of the Obama administration and several key congressional Democrats this spring.