Minimum Wage Increases to $7.25 an Hour

On July 24th, 2009, the Federal minimum wage increased to $7.25/hour (from $6.55/hour). In New York, the minimum wage was already $7.15/hour, so this means a bump-up of 10 cents an hour. The increase to $7.25/hour means that a full-time worker makes approximately $14,500/year. This is absolutely ridiculous; raising the minimum wage to a Living [...]

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Cornell Service Workers Settle Contract Favorably with Administration; Thanks to All Workers’ Center Members Who Took Action!

Thanks to everyone who responded to the Workers’ Center call about six weeks ago in support of a fair contract with Living Wages for Cornell service workers; over 500 emails were sent by Workers’ Center Members and supporters through our email action alert telling Cornell Adminstration that we demanded a fair and just contract. On [...]

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