The Tompkins County Workers’ Center strongly opposes the equation of police benevolent associations with labor unions. This statement explains why our commitment to both racial justice and the rights of workers leads us to distinguish between trade unions and organizations designed to reinforce the formidable power of policing. The past year has seen an explosion […]
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center new online guide to Workers’ Rights in NY is a user-friendly and comprehensive resource for everything related to workers’ rights in NY. Check it out and bookmark it. Here you will find information on: · Your to Right to Concerted Action and Union Organizing; · […]
(Ithaca) GreenStar Food Coop, with over 200 employees, has become the largest Living Wage Certified employer in Tompkins County that is not a government organization. The Tompkins County Living Wage is currently $15.37/hour, and there are now 124 certified employers. “This is so significant because the grocery industry typically pays low wages,” said Pete Meyers, […]
For the past 18 years, the Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) has been on a move to change the way workers are treated in the workplace, advocate for increased wages, and support workers’ organizing efforts to improve workplace conditions. For the past nine months, our work has been ESPECIALLY important given the realities of the […]
Ithaca College faculty is asking for community support to put a STOP to the severe austerity measures that many on campus–and ESPECIALLY Contingent Faculty and staff–are suffering. Please read the message below and then sign on! (Drawing courtesy of Eric Machan Howd)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dear Ithaca College Members & Community Supporters:We’d like to take a minute of your […]