In what should be a surprise to absolutely no-one, the Fast Food Wage Board appointed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unanimously voted on Wednesday to recommend increasing the minimum wage applicable to fast food employees to $15/hour. They suggest the increase be phased in over the next 3 to 6 years, reaching $15 by…
Read More »Coincidentally in the wake of a story that 15,000 New York state workers earn less than $15/hour, the Wage Board appointed by Governor Cuomo postponed their July 13 decision making meeting until July 22 in Albany. In its July 13 edition, the New York Post reported on some 15,000 state workers earning below what the…
Read More »Efforts by New York Governor Cuomo, thinly veiled as they may be, to increase minimum wages paid to fast food workers in the Empire State, are seemingly going as planned with his Wage Board holding a hearing this past Monday in New York City. Cuomo appointed the wage Board last month with the express goal…
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