Over 100 People Brave Chill and Rain on Ithaca Commons to Demand an Economy That Works for All of Us, Not Just a Bailout for Wall Street

The American working and middle classes deserve a better deal. The Tompkins County Workers Center insists that any response to the financial crisis not merely bail Wall Street out, but also and most importantly assure a “new deal” for Main Street. Failed policies have created the worst crisis in our economy and financial markets since [...]

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Workers’ Center Response to Nation’s Financial Crisis: Pressures on Workers Grow, and Their Income Stagnates (OpEd from Carl Feuer)

At first glance the Tompkins County Workers’ Center has little to do with the financial crisis gripping Wall Street, the United States and the world. What could the Workers’ Center have to do with Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG? Quite a lot it turns out. The frantic efforts [...]

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25th Annual Labor Day Picnic in Ithaca a Resounding Success

Over 300 people attended the 25th Annual Labor Day Picnic in Tompkins County Monday, September 1st, in the first collaboration between the Workers’ Center and the Midstate Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. For a pretty good article that appeared in Tuesday’s Ithaca Journal (with a list of the Mother Jones Awardees, Michelle Lopez and Yuko Jingu) [...]

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