Sentences with phrase «workers out of poverty»

«If the Republican State Senate refuses to do what's necessary to lift workers out of poverty, Governor Cuomo should immediately convene a Wage Board and institute a statewide minimum wage of $ 15 an hour,» said W.F.P. state director Bill Lipton after the governor's wage announcement this weekend.

This is our opportunity to lift these workers out of poverty - level wages by putting an additional $ 5,000 in workers» pockets, and to provide a better quality - of - life for those that we trust to care for our most vulnerable.

More specifically, raising the minimum wage to $ 10.10 from its current $ 7.25 an hour, a 39 percent increase, would lift close to one million workers out of poverty, according to the CBO's report.

Raising the federal minimum wage to $ 10.10 from its current level, a 39 percent increase, would lift close to one million workers out of poverty, according to a 2014 report by the Congressional Budget Office.

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A different approach would strengthen individual savings accounts by requiring workers to contribute out of pre-tax income, combined with a redistributive means - tested safety net for those who fall into poverty in old age.

Smartphones allow farmers and textile workers in the developing world to start small businesses and move out of desperate poverty.

He repeats his description of the ways bad charity (the Great Society) drove out good charity (religiously based groups): It reinterpreted the causes of poverty as exclusively material and environmental; its bureaucracy tried to reach ever - larger numbers of poor people with a decreasingly personal strategy for fighting poverty; it dismissed the role of volunteers in favor of professional social workers; and it removed the incentives for work, saving, and marriage.

These religions were born out of poverty, displaced Egyptian workers no longer needed to build pyramids were sent away with memories of Egyptian man - gods that were molded into their new modified Egyptian religions.

Fair Trade guarantees farm workers are paid a fair wage and empowers them to lift themselves out of poverty by investing in their farms and communities.

But spokesman Rich Azzopardi, in a statement, says the governor makes «no apologies» for trying to lift people out of poverty with a higher minimum wage, and he points out that paid family leave will be funded by the workers.

But spokesman Rich Azzopardi, in a statement, said the governor makes «no apologies» for trying to lift people out of poverty with a higher minimum wage, and he pointed out that paid family leave will be funded by the workers.

Elderly Population Single Parent Families In - Flow Workers Out - Flow Workers Median Household Income Number of Persons in Poverty Percent of Persons in Poverty

The housing cost credit would be worth as much as the difference between the current minimum wage and the wage needed to keep a worker out of relative poverty.

«Raising the city's living wage — and expanding it to include thousands more workers — will spur economic activity and growth while lifting working families out of poverty,» Councilwoman Debi Rose (D - North Shore) said.

The Restaurant Opportunities Center United points out that tipped restaurant workers suffer from three times the poverty rate of the general population.

Buffalo Niagara will never climb out of poverty as long as women make less than men, minorities can't get business and fulltime workers need public aid just to survive.

It would fast - track the path out of poverty, provide worker dignity, help millions of workers pay for the basics, all while boosting the state economy.

«That's not going to change until workers can earn wages that take them out of poverty,» Scharff said.

«Ensuring the ability of low - wage workers to work hard and climb out of poverty is a paramount issue,» said Assemblyman Dinowitz.

First Generation tells the story of four high school students - an inner city athlete, a small town waitress, a Samoan warrior dancer, and the daughter of migrant field workers - who set out to break the cycle of poverty and bring hope to their families and communities by pursuing a college education.

Thanks to the support of the public and campaigners, an increasing number of farmers and workers in developing countries are now selling their products on Fairtrade terms, bringing them a stable income, and the chance to work their own way out of poverty.

Over the past century, investments in education have boosted the productivity and earnings of American workers, forged a path out of poverty for many families, and developed a productive and innovative workforce.

Those questions are especially urgent in Charlotte, where leaders are trying to craft new paths out of poverty and attract companies like Amazon that demand skilled tech workers.