A $2.7 million settlement was reached for prevailing wage violations involving 332 temporary office workers at hospitals and medical centers contracted by NYC
Executive order like president johnson did on affirmative action on this kind of issue and basically make a living wage law for contractors and josh s head is about to explode. it would create jobs because it would put more money in the hands of people who actually spend money in this economy. i think these sorts of ideas really undermine efforts to provide high quality government services and serve the needs of taxpayers. we re mostly talking about state and local governments. the federal government is supporting these activities but many of them are like home health aides through medicaid and stuff are run by state and local government and spend about half their money on employment compensation. you re saying a janitor in union station making $8.75 an hour after working there for 19 years with no benefits, if she makes a little bit more money it s going to bankrupt any kind of government? not that it will bankrupt the government, the amount of money state and local governments
Basically make a living wage law for contractors and josh s head is about to explode. it would create jobs because it would put more money in the hands of people who actually spend money in this economy. i think these sorts of ideas really undermine efforts to provide high quality government services and serve the needs of taxpayers. we re mostly talking about state and local governments. the federal government is supporting these activities but many of them are like home health aides through medicaid and stuff are run by state and local government and spend about half their money on employment compensation. you re saying a janitor in union station making $8.75 an hour after working there for 19 years with no benefits, if she makes a little bit more money it s going to bankrupt any kind of government? not that it will bankrupt the government, the amount of money state and local governments can spend is fixed. they checked between a specific amount for many years.
Opportunity and firmtive action and make a living wage law for contractors and josh s head is about to explode. yes, it is. it would create jobs and put more in the hands of people that spend money in the economy. i think these ideas really undermine efforts to provide high-quality government services and serve the needs of taxpayers. we re mostly talking about state and local governments here. the federal government is supporting these activities but many like home health aides through medicaid and such are run by state and local governments. we spend half of the money on unemployment compensation. you are saying the janitor in union station working there 19 years with no benefits making 8.75 an hour if she makes more it will bankrupt the government. it is not going to bankrupt them but what they can spend relatively fixed. if you have actually a better so, first of all,
Secretary of maryland s department of labor where he helped implement the country s first statewide living wage law because he understood minimum wage should be a wage you can live on. and current role as the head of the u.s. justice department and civil rights position he s fought to open pathways into the work force for everyone willing to contribute including people with disabilities, lgbt americans and immigrants. and he s helped settle some of the largest cases ever on behalf of families targeted by unfair mortgage lending. now, while he s tackled plenty of tough issues, tom s also spent a career as a consensus voter. he s worked with ceos, labor leaders, he s worked at federal, state and local government levels. and throughout he understands that our economy works best when the middle class and those working to get into the middle class have the security they need on the job, a democratic voice in the workplace,