The Mission of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center is to stand up with all people treated unfairly at work. We will support, advocate for, and seek to empower each other to create a more just community and world. The TCWC is committed to grassroots community organizing centering the voice of people most impacted by economic […]
Workers at Cayuga Ridge Nursing @ Rehabilitation are fighting for a contract with good wages and benefits that will help to retain staff to provide quality care our local residents deserve. Please sign their petition in support of the fight!Further issues in our fight include: Management contract proposals include meager wage increases and concessions in […]
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center often advises and supports workers who feel that there need to be improvements made in their workplace (be it improvements in pay, hours, safety, workload, or other terms of employment) that they can act in ‘concert’ with each other to bring about change in their workplace. In addition, the action […]
Thousands of immigrant workers and their families rallied in the capital on Thursday to demand that Congress include a pathway to citizenship in the $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” plan. The Senate parliamentarian advised against including immigration reform in the budget reconciliation bill – a decision that affects millions of immigrants, in New York and […]
Many New Yorkers working in the cash economy are being left out of the Excluded Workers Fund (EWF) because they cannot prove their work eligibility. The EWF provides up to $15,600 to workers who lost income during the COVID-induced economic shutdown but were ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits. The fund primarily benefits undocumented and partially-documented […]