We invite you to hear from dairy farmworker leader Crispin Hernandez and the co-authors of the recently published report Milked: Immigrant Dairy Farmworkers in New York State  at an Ithaca forum: Milk Cows, Not Workers Monday, July 31, 7pm Unitarian Church, 306 N. Aurora St. (@ Buffalo St. entrance), Ithaca Free and open to public […]

The Tompkins County Worker’s Center is pleased to have the Center for Transformative Action (CTA), a longtime anchor of social justice innovation in Tompkins County, certified as a Living Wage Employer. CTA is an educational non-profit organization affiliated with Cornell University since 1971. It originally opened as the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy. […]

The Tompkins County Worker’s Center encourages any business or organization, no matter its size to become a certified Living Wage Employer.  Whether you operate a small business, or a small organization that sits under a much larger organization, or a local branch of a national corporation, you are eligible and welcome to become a certified […]

For the Village of Cayuga Heights, being a Certified Living Wage Employer is a matter of respect and common sense. “People deserve respect,” said Village Clerk and Treasurer Joan Mangione. “It takes all of us to make this community as wonderful as it is.” Mangione said it was important for a municipality to set the […]

New York State’s new rules for Paid Family Leave (PFL), which cover all NY employers with one (1) employee or more, will go into effect on January 1, 2018. The Tompkins County Workers’ Center is putting out an announcement now, because NY employers that wish to do so are eligible to begin employee withholdings to […]