Skurrying around like the proverbial chickens…
Yes, our bus trip is making the ol’ WC a zippy place currently! but in a good way, I think. There’s a frisson of excitement coming through the phone these days. People seem to be hungry for the opportunity — again — to give ‘em an earful. Demand the change we voted for! Git on [...]
2011 Calendars are Arriving!
The Peace and Justice Gift Shop which makes its home in the Workers’ Center has begun receiving its holiday shipments. Two of our most popular items, the Syracuse Cultural Workers 2011 Peace Calendar and the 2011 Women’s Artist Datebook, have arrived. The Peace calendar costs $14; the datebook is $15. All TCWC members receive a [...]
Just a few seats left!
I know you’ve seen the emails and heard the announcements at the Rally last week…but in case you need a little push, there are only a few seats still empty for the October 2nd One Nation Working Together rally/march. Please call or email us to reserve your seat. Thanks to the beneficence of the UAW [...]
Over 100 People Attend Rally in Ithaca Demanding “Full & Fair Employment”; Declare a Jobs Emergency: Announce Plans to Mobilize for 10/2 Rally in Washington, DC
The Unemployed and Underemployed Support Group of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center, held a rally last night on the Ithaca Commons that was attended by over 100 people and declared a “jobs emergency” and called for full and fair employment: locally, regionally, and nationally. In addition to the rally being coordinated with over a hundred [...]
Local Programs to Help some Job Seekers
Recently we’ve had guests visit our Unemployed & Underemployed Support Group to describe the programs that their agencies have for certain people in the low wage earner and job seeker categories. The Department of Social Services has a couple of programs which help with the mobility issue that plagues many people, particularly in the outlying, [...]
One Nation Working Together October 2nd
The Workers’ Center is pleased to announce that, with the generous help of UAW Local 2300, we are sponsoring two buses to travel to Washington DC on October 2nd where we will march to ‘Demand the Change We Voted For.’ The coalition of national cosponsors of the march is called One Nation Working Together and [...]
Worker Standing Up for Other Coworkers in Ithaca Restaurant, Green Café, Leads to Major Back Wages and Fines of Over $1,000,000 in Both Ithaca and New York City Restaurants [VIDEO]
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) has just discovered this week that the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) has levied fines for over $623,000 against Charles Park, the owner of the now-closed Green Café that was located in the Collegetown section of Ithaca. This is the result of a complaint lodged by the [...]
Governor Signs Domestic Bill of Rights
You may remember that I posted some months ago, about the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights. The landmark legislation is the first of its kind in the nation, guaranteeing domestic workers basic rights that have long been considered the norm for all workers. Well, the Governor just signed it into law! “Today we correct an [...]
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