New York governor pushes for first statewide $15 minimum wage in US

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

New York governor pushes for first statewide $15 minimum wage in US

Sam Thielman
Thursday 10 September 2015 20.57 BST

The New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced his support for a statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour on Thursday, backed by Vice-President Joe Biden and high-profile labor leaders. “Is labor in the house today?” Cuomo asked to cheers from the crowd and cries of “Yes we can!” and “Sí se puede!”

“The greatest feast has the most people at the table,” Cuomo told the audience of union workers at New York City’s Javits Center convention hall, walking on and off the stage to Bon Jovi’s Work for the Working Man.

In July, the Cuomo-appointed Fast Food Wage Board recommended chain restaurants in New York City with more than 30 locations nationwide increase wages to at least $15 an hour by 2018; restaurants in the rest of the state will reach that level in 2021. Cuomo announced on Thursday that “the state of New York’s labor department has accepted the recommendation of the wage board in full”.

“When the minimum wage becomes $15 an hour (in New York) – you know what the total of that raise is? The governor knows: $1.8bn,” Cuomo said. “That’s not only the difference between living in poverty and having a chance; that $1.8bn gets spent. It has to get spent to keep up. If you give that in a tax break to the wealthy, they don’t spend it, they put it in a bank account. You spend it.”

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/10/andrew-cuomo-new-york-state-15-dollar-minimum-wage

[Ichigo Kurosaki]

1. Fast Food will revolt

Fast Food will revolt faster than GW starting a war.
Some outlets have already started adding customer operated ordering terminals.
Several years back I read about this company that was making a burger making machine that starts with cooking the raw patty and adding the condiments and wrapping the completed product.

I could be wrong, but time will tell.
If I were rich I know what stocks I'd be buying into.


This is my first post here @ DU so don't beat on my opinion too harshly, please.

[msongs]

2. even a republican gets it right once in awhile lol nt

[dlulloa216]

3. Analysis

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) announced his support to increase the minimum wage in New York State to $15 an hour, with Vice President Joe Biden.

Today he is marching in today’s New York City Labor parade with the support of the many labor unions of New York. He personally marched with SEIU 1199, a union of health care workers.

“If you work full time you shouldn’t have to live in poverty-plan and simple,” Cuomo declared on Thursday. “Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour will add fairness to our economy and bring dignity and respect to 2.2 million people, many of whom have been forced to live in poverty for too long.”

http://danulloasusa.blogspot.com/2015/09/governor-cuomo-endorses-15-hour-minimum.html