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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Thu May 7, 2015, 07:34 AM May 2015

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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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
K&R! Sherman A1 May 2015 #1
This is why a national minimum wage is a joke... pipoman May 2015 #2
It would be great if he also demanded and enforced the rights of charter school teachers..... Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #3
 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
2. This is why a national minimum wage is a joke...
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:10 AM
May 2015

$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.....
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:59 AM
May 2015

... 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?

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