Workers’ Center Works Overtime to Uncover Problematic J-1 Visa Program in Local Economy

(Editor’s Note: This past summer, Pastor Rich Rose of the First Baptist Church in Ithaca received an email from an organization, Cultural Homestays International, indicating that they were looking for someone to put up 7 women from China and Moldova who would be working over the summer as Housekeepers at the Holiday Inn in Ithaca.

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2011: TCWC Celebration

Save the Date: Thursday January 27, 2011  6:00 — 7:30 Come to the Workers’ Center to help us celebrate our new Vision Statement.

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Hospitality Wage Order Increases Minimum Wage

Big news for food service workers in New York: the tipped minimum wage has now been increased to $5.00 per hour. This decreases the tip credit to $2.25 an hour.  As always, most workers in New York should be receiving at least $7.25 per hour, the Federally-mandated minimum wage. The Wage Order is long anticipated [...]

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2010 in review

Blushingly, we reveal our WordPress blog assessment. Happy New Year, 2011. The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!

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