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New York governor proposes Wage Board to raise minimum wage
Source: Reuters
US | Wed May 6, 2015 10:29pm EDT
New York governor proposes Wage Board to raise minimum wage
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday he would create a so-called Wage Board, a move apparently designed to allow him to raise the minimum wage without the approval of state lawmakers.
Cuomo in his January budget recommended raising the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour in New York City and $10.50 elsewhere in the state, only to see that proposal rejected by the state legislature.
But Cuomo, a Democrat, wrote in an editorial in the New York Times that state law allowed him to independently impanel a Wage Board to determine what adequate pay should be across the state.
"On Thursday, I am directing the commissioner to impanel such a board, to examine the minimum wage in the fast-food industry," Cuomo said in the editorial. "The board will return in about three months with its recommendations, which do not require legislative approval."
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New York governor proposes Wage Board to raise minimum wage
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday he would create a so-called Wage Board, a move apparently designed to allow him to raise the minimum wage without the approval of state lawmakers.
Cuomo in his January budget recommended raising the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour in New York City and $10.50 elsewhere in the state, only to see that proposal rejected by the state legislature.
But Cuomo, a Democrat, wrote in an editorial in the New York Times that state law allowed him to independently impanel a Wage Board to determine what adequate pay should be across the state.
"On Thursday, I am directing the commissioner to impanel such a board, to examine the minimum wage in the fast-food industry," Cuomo said in the editorial. "The board will return in about three months with its recommendations, which do not require legislative approval."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-usa-wage-new-york-idUSKBN0NS05120150507
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New York governor proposes Wage Board to raise minimum wage (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2015
OP
It would be great if he also demanded and enforced the rights of charter school teachers.....
Smarmie Doofus
May 2015
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. K&R!
pipoman
(16,038 posts)2. This is why a national minimum wage is a joke...
$11.50 in NY is the equivalent of around $6 out here on the Great Plains. Minimum wage should be figured based on cost of living..a one size fits all approach is a burden on some economies and a gift to others....
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)3. It would be great if he also demanded and enforced the rights of charter school teachers.....
... across the state to join unions and bargain collectively.
(Hint: He's millions of $$$ in hock to the charter school lobby.) 95% of charters are non-union. ( Which means anti union.)
Well?