"Unless the governor were to come back to the table and we were able to tweak something," Ms. Igoe said, "what would be the sense of it?" Seeking to make up the $75 million in savings that the state says it would have garnered this year from wage and benefits concessions in the rejected contract, Mr. Cuomo did not back down.
As I understand it, the minimum wage was never intended to be a living wage; living wages were and are garnered after experience or expertise is accumulated.
Malena Pichot, a stand-up comedian and Internet celebrity whose YouTube channel has garnered over 33 million views, wages her own campaign against Argentine men's macho behavior.
Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, introduced a similar $15 minimum wage bill in July 2015, but it garnered the support of just six senators, including himself.
A volatile mix of populism and progressivism, he was the impetus behind the Model-T as "the people's car" while also gaining a reputation for union busting as the "Flivver King". Ford at once implemented a "living wage" for his factory workers yet also garnered much ill repute from the notoriously antisemitic writings in his newspaper, The Dearborn Independent.
Analysts say that by shifting its focus from Kurdish nationalism to a more inclusive platform, and campaigning on issues of minimum wage and anti-corruption, the HDP has garnered a hugely favorable impression with the Turkish electorate.
This disruption came in the form of a petition that easily garnered enough support to force a local referendum on the minimum wage.
In March 1920, having recovered enough to wage a final battle against the Republicans, Wilson could have garnered support for a League of Nations by surrendering minor concessions.
The march was the first act in an even-larger campaign of civil disobedience (satyagraha) Gandhi waged against British rule in India that extended into early 1931 and garnered Gandhi widespread support among the Indian populace and considerable worldwide attention.
Sawant garnered national attention for her successful push to raise Seattle's minimum wage to $15 an hour, an issue she campaigned on in 2013.
