Push set to wrest minimum-wage control from Albany – The Insider Blog | Crain’s New York Business.
A coalition of leading liberal groups will launch a major campaign for legislation allowing municipalities in New York to set their own minimum wages, according to sources directly involved in the effort. …
Paterson eyes $25,000 minimum wage for municipal workers – NorthJersey.com.
In their negotiations with city unions, Paterson officials are working to establish a new minimum wage of $25,000, an effort to boost salaries that are so low that dozens of full-time municipal employees quality for various forms of public assistance. …
PATERSON – In their negotiations with city unions, Paterson officials are working to establish a new minimum wage of $25,000, an effort to boost salaries that are so low that dozens of full-time municipal employees quality for various forms of public assistance.
– See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Paterson_eyes_25000_minimum_wage_for_municipal_workers.html?page=all#sthash.FlzcAfQI.dpuf
PATERSON – In their negotiations with city unions, Paterson officials are working to establish a new minimum wage of $25,000, an effort to boost salaries that are so low that dozens of full-time municipal employees quality for various forms of public assistance.
– See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Paterson_eyes_25000_minimum_wage_for_municipal_workers.html?page=all#sthash.FlzcAfQI.dpuf
Shafted by NAFTA | The New Crossroads.
By Gregory N. Heires
The scorecard is in 20 years after the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement: Corporations won and workers lost.
“NAFTA has done what it was intended to do, which is to lower wages,” Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., said in an interview…
NYC Blizzard Reminds Us Public Employees Are Not the Enemy | The Indypendent.
By John Tarleton
Next time public employees ask for a 3% raise and are denounced as overpaid loafers by the usual suspects, let’s remember who came through last night and today to help New York get back up on its feet…
Minimum wage fight erupts: Landmark $15/hr. wage sparks legal showdown – Salon.com.
Today, workers at Dylan’s Candy Bar joined community allies and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) to speak out about the conditions at Dylan’s Candy Bar. Workers have recently called attention to health and safety concerns, and, in addition to OSHA claims, workers filed complaints with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, reporting concerns over food safety issues. READ MORE HERE
Twenty five Domino’s employees who were fired for calling out what they described as illegal labor conditions have been given their jobs back, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Thursday.
The delivery workers, who were employed by a franchise in New York City, were let go after complaining that they were still being paid the “tipped wage” of $5.65 per hour even though they were performing tasks, like kitchen cleaning, that should qualify them for the state’s minimum wage of $7.25. READ MORE HERE