Everything You Wanted to Know About Strikes, But Were Afraid to Ask

Labor Lawyer and WC Supporter Rich Furlong Presents — Striking: almost every worker has the right! Learn about the different types of strikes, notice requirements, managing the strike, intermittent and quickie strikes, reinstatement issues and alternatives to the strike. Concerted action and minority unions, too! Thursday, September 1st, 2011, 6:30-8:30pm, at the Workers’ Center, 115 [...]

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Foreign Students in J-1 Work Visa Program Stage Walkout at Plant in Hershey, PA: Reminiscent of Story the TC Workers’ Center Uncovered Last Summer

(Editor’s Note: You may’ve noticed a detailed story in the Thursday, 8/18, edition of the New York Times about student workers from other countries coming to the U.S. under a J-1 Visa, and being ‘taken for a ride’. That story can be seen at the Times in detail at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/us/18immig.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=hershey,%20PA&st=cse It was just last summer [...]

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Saturday/Tomorrow @ 10:30: Living Wage Workshop: Part III: Co-Ops

From TCWC Community Organizer, Diana Ceja: **Join us at the Tompkins County Workers’ Center (115 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street/The Commons) this Saturday, August 20th, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a conversation with Human Resources Manager of GreenStar Michael Hoysic. Mr. Hoysic will be sharing all the *benefits* of working within a [...]

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