Thanks to our friends at WNYCOSH (WNY Council for Occupational Safety and Health) for having just published a COVID-19 Worker Benefits Guidebook. The Guide covers state and federal benefits for workers, including unemployment, paid leave, sick leave, OSHA rights, and stimulus checks. It will be updated as new information becomes available, and they are working […]

A network of community organizers and groups are calling upon major Tompkins County institutions to aid local residents during the COVID-19 crisis. The Emergency Response Coalition, a growing network of local activists and social justice groups, has issued an open letter/petition to Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) demanding that the institutions […]

The Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) relies on our grassroots base to do what we do, and we need your help. Our success advancing workers’ rights in our region and beyond is recognized nationally, but to succeed we must stay rooted in and powered by our community. This is about leadership and vision, but also […]

(Ithaca) The Tompkins County Workers’ Center today calls on all employers in Tompkins County to immediately implement policies ensuring that all workers have access to paid sick leave for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak. This is necessary so that workers are not penalized for doing the right thing: STAYING HOME FROM WORK IF THEY’RE […]

February 2020 The mission of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center is to stand up with all people treated unfairly at work. We support, advocate for and seek to empower each other to create a more just community and world. One of the most common issues we deal with, second only to unfair termination, is workplace […]