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 […]
WHO: Nursing Home Workers Represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East WHAT: Rally WHEN: Tuesday, September 14th from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.**Press Conference at 4 p.m. WHERE: Cayuga Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1229 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca. If driving, please park at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church right next door @ 1219 T-Burg Rd! WHY: The […]
Residency, unemployment ineligibility, and loss of work-related earnings or increased financial burden due to death or disability of primary breadwinner. The Excluded Workers Fund was passed on April 8th after a tireless effort by community-based organizations that included a 23-day hunger strike. In July, the Department of Labor issued regulations for the fund’s implementation. The […]