From the Legislative Gazette: In honor of Labor Day, the Coalition for a Real Minimum Wage sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisting his administration convene a minimum wage board which is a requirement under the recently passed minimum wage legislation. Read the whole article here
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Women Are the Biggest Losers from Failure to Raise Minimum Wage
Center for American Progress Action Fund: Earning the Federal Minimum Wage Keeps Women, Especially Those of Color, Poor Read the whole article here
Women Workers Speak Out v. Cuomo’s Increase
Women workers from Chinatown dimsum restaurant speak out against exclusion of tipped workers from Cuomo’s minimum wage bill.
NY Handing Over Millions to Walmart?
Cuomo’s Minimum Wage Increase bill includes millions in subsidies for big corporations. “Walmart is likely to receive MWRC ( New York’s new Minimum Wage Reimbursement Credit) subsidies of between $53 million and $85 million over the next five years.”
When a Paycheck is Worth Nothing
from the Gotham Gazette: More often than not, Marta Schwartz’s paycheck is worth nothing. The $5 she makes per hour as a server doesn’t even pay the taxes she owes on her tips, and that’s reflected in her pay stub with a neat line of zeros. Schwartz is one of 771,000 hospitality workers in New… Continue Reading
Clergy Supports Workers: Real Increase Now!
A Statement from the Clergy Campaign for Social and Economic Justice on theProposed Legislative Increase to the N.Y.S. Minimum Wage in the New York State Budget: The Clergy Campaign for Social and Economic Justice (CCSEJ) working together in an august determined coalition of faith leaders, social activists and labor organizations, has worked diligently in advocacy on behalf of the… Continue Reading
Dems Want to Speed up Minimum Wage Increases
“Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, and Assembly Labor Committee Chair Carl Heastie, D–Bronx, have introduced two bills: one to speed up New York’s goal of reaching a $9 hourly wage and another that would repeal the Minimum Wage Reimbursement Credit included in last year’s state budget.”… Continue Reading
Hundreds Rally for a REAL Minimum Wage Increase
More than two hundred members of the Coalition for a Real Minimum Wage joined with low-income workers, faith leaders, women’s groups, and advocates on Wednesday, March 19, to call on State Senator Jeff Klein and Governor Cuomo to right their wrongs, and give workers a real minimum-wage increase.… Continue Reading
When Minimum Wage Rises, Many are Left Looking Up at It
Jim Dwyer, NYT: “On Tuesday, Edgar Juarez, 36, awoke in the two-bedroom apartment that he shares with five other men on 136th Street in Manhattan. His shift in a restaurant on the Upper West Side would begin at 4 p.m., and he would stay until nearly 1 a.m. The job is dishwasher.”… Continue Reading
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