The Tompkins County Worker’s Center is pleased to have the Center for Transformative Action (CTA), a longtime anchor of social justice innovation in Tompkins County, certified as a Living Wage Employer. CTA is an educational non-profit organization affiliated with Cornell University since 1971. It originally opened as the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy. […]

The Tompkins County Worker’s Center encourages any business or organization, no matter its size to become a certified Living Wage Employer.  Whether you operate a small business, or a small organization that sits under a much larger organization, or a local branch of a national corporation, you are eligible and welcome to become a certified […]

For the Village of Cayuga Heights, being a Certified Living Wage Employer is a matter of respect and common sense. “People deserve respect,” said Village Clerk and Treasurer Joan Mangione. “It takes all of us to make this community as wonderful as it is.” Mangione said it was important for a municipality to set the […]

The Tompkins County Worker’s Center is delighted to announce another wonderful organization in the community certified as a Living Wage Employer. The Sciencenter, founded in 1983, grew out of passion to make science accessible to underserved youth and the Ithaca community as a whole, regardless of ability or income. Today, the Sciencenter continues upholding that […]

Avital’s Apiaries was founded in 2010 and began as a traditional beekeeper’s business: selling honey, candles made from the wax, lip balms and lotion bars. After seeing the popularity among the lotion bars and lip balms (as well as the candles and honey) Avital’s Apiaries expanded and began selling honey-infused soaps, beeswax balms, lotions and […]