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Lawmakers push to raise wages at biggest chains

By Kate Taylor Apr. 18, 2014

NEW YORK — A group of Democratic lawmakers from New York City on Wednesday announced a new push to raise the minimum wage for many low-paid workers, calling for a $15-an-hour “fair wage” for employees of McDonald’s and Wal-Mart and other businesses with yearly sales of $50 million or more.

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Bloomberg warns labor costs could increase under his successor

By Kate Taylor Aug. 7, 2013

NEW YORK — Warning of the fiscal danger if New York City fails to rein in its spiraling pension and health care costs, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday challenged his would-be successors to take a tough line in negotiations with the city’s unions, while worrying aloud that whoever is elected will be too beholden to labor.

World and Nation

N.Y. workers rushed to sign up for pensions before cuts

By Thomas Kaplan and Kate Taylor Apr. 3, 2012

ALBANY, N.Y. — Thousands of public employees across New York state scrambled to sign up for pensions over the last several weeks, seeking to lock in generous retirement benefits before cuts approved by the state Legislature took effect Sunday.

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