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YORK
NEW YORK
The worst income
inequality in
the nation
198 201
Average income for groups in
New York in the Mario Cuomo
era. (Inflation-adjusted)
$418,075
50% 50% 45% 45% 5% 5% 1% 1%
$15,746 $13,165
$1,955,494
Average income for
groups in New York in
the Andrew Cuomo era.
New Yorks economy is only growing low-wage
jobs. We have less and less jobs with a fair wage.
Source: Fiscal Policy Institutes seasonal adjustment of CES employment data and QCEW 2012 annual average wage data from NYS DOL.
-51,000
HIgh-Wage Industries ($75K)
-72,000
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Low-Wage Industries (Below $45K)
One in three
workers: working
low-wage jobs
Majority of low-wage workers
Majority of fast-food workers
30% more likely than men to
be paid low wages
Women: hit harder by low-wage economy
More adults working low-wage
& fast-food jobs
70% of fast-food workers are
main earners for their family
2.8 million adult New Yorkers
work low-wage jobs
Not teenagers
any more
1930 1930
0 48
2% 50%
4% 52%
6% 54%
8% 56%
10% 58%
1950 1950 1970 1970 1990 1990 2013 2013
After tax corporate profits
as a percentage of GDP
Employee compensation
as a percentage of GDP
Corporate profits:
85-year high
Worker wages:
65-year low
NY taxpayers

$700 million
every year
McDonalds, KFC,
Pizza Hut
While taxpayers subsidize low-wage employers...
Fast food CEOs
among the
highest-paid
workers in America
...and CEOs get rich...
Average pay:
$23m/year,
up 400%
since 2000
Fast food workers
lowest paid
workers in America
...full-time work leaves families in poverty.
Thats not right.
Average pay:
$9.09/hour,
up only 0.3%
since 2000
In 1963, they marched for a $2 minimum wage:
that would be $13.39 today.
Strong majorities of voters support higher wages
But new minimum
wage increases
are blocked in
Washington
and Albany
How can we boost paychecks
and raise wages in New York
here and now?
Voters support
RaiseUpNY
Local power to
raise the wage
Siena Poll
73% in favor:
Big majorities everywhere
in the state
Statewide wage
should be a floor,
not a ceiling










Local wage authority unlocks bigger paychecks
locally AND statewide
CALIFORNIA
$10 by 2016
WASHINGTON
$9.32 and indexed
MARYLAND
$10.10 by 2018
D.C.
$11.50 by 2016
Local campaigns to raise the wage:
keep wage fights strong and visible
SEATAC
$15 for airport-
related jobs
SEATTLE
$15 with
phase-in
CHICAGO
$15 for large
employers
SAN FRANCISCO
$15
OAKLAND
$12.25
SAN DIEGO
$13
LAS CRUCES, NM
$10.10
Local campaigns to raise the wage:
build support for statewide increases
CALIFORNIA
2002 Statewide $6.75
2003 San Francisco $8.50
2008 Statewide $8.00
2012 San Jose $10
2013 Statewide $10
Local campaigns to raise the wage:
build support for statewide increases
NEW MEXICO
2003 Statewide $4.25
2004 Santa Fe $8.50
2006 Santa Fe $9.50
2006 Albuquerque $7.50
2007 Statewide $7.50
Local campaigns to raise the wage:
build support for statewide increases
MARYLAND/D.C.
2012 Maryland Statewide $7.25
2013 Montgomery &
Prince Georges Counties
$11.50
2013 District of Columbia $11.50
2014 Maryland Statewide $10.10
Its time to raise
the wage and
keep raising it
everywhere across
New York.
RaiseUpNY the way forward
$10.10 statewide
minimum wage
Indexed for infla-
tion - regular cost of
living increases
Local power to raise
the wage - up to
30% higher to meet
local costs
RAISE UP NY:
Local Power to Raise
The Wage
Lift workers out of poverty
Empower localities to enact
higher local wages
Meet regional living costs
Reduce income inequality
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RAISE
UP
NEW
YORK