Sentence examples for wage legislative from inspiring English sources

We devote a quarter of the book to class analysis and call for strengthening labor unions in the United States through substantial increases in the minimum wage, legislative and administrative changes to increase the ability of workers to organize, and the enormous effort needed to unionize the professional and service sectors.

But the company says it cannot secure a license to sell its electronic vehicles in four states, including Texas, Connecticut and Utah, where it is now waging legislative and legal battles.

Lenroot prepared a brief and testified before the legislative committee of Wisconsin to support minimum wage legislation, which did not exist in the United States at the time.

GOVERNOR Whitman, who is waging a legislative battle to seize control of Camden, said she was shaken by the depth of its problems during a nighttime tour with state troopers in 1996.

President-elect George W. Bush, in a bipartisan meeting today with Congressional centrists, laid out educational proposals highlighting early literacy and school accountability but heard warnings that waging a legislative battle to funnel taxpayer money to private schools through vouchers could endanger his plans.

The Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, has made increasing the minimum wage his top legislative priority this year.

The legislative wage proposal makes one concession to small businesses, by allowing those with fewer than 26 workers an additional year to raise wages.

SEIU is the union behind the nationwide "Fight For 15" campaign, which has played a decisive role in winning legislative wage hikes in a growing number of cities and states.

And they won't be able to afford paying wages dictated by legislative rather than market forces.

It is unquestionably better for Iraq's political leaders to wage their battles through legislative maneuvering than in the streets.

The choice would depend in part on what kind of fight Mr. Obama is willing to wage amid other tough legislative battles.