Workers and advocates call for expanding safety net access to self-employed workers and freelancers, cash economy workers in fields of domestic work and day labor, workers recently released from incarceration, and workers without work authorization. ITHACA – Local workers, advocates, and elected officials will launch a push at a Press Conference on Tuesday, February 14th […]
A once in a generation plan to make NY’s Minimum Wage a LIVING WAGE is on the agenda of the state legislature, and YOU CAN HELP. See below for more information or call TCWC: 607-269-0409; Text 607-339-1680; or E-mail tcwrh@tcworkerscenter.org. The Raise the Wage Act (S1978/A2204) would restore New York’s badly eroded minimum wage to […]
It’s official. Management of the Advocacy Center in Ithaca has agreed to recognize its new staff union. These workers will now be affiliated with the Elmira-based Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 1111. The unionization process began just five months ago when a representative from the staff, seeking information on the unionization process, approached the […]
ITHACA – Workers employed with Bangs Ambulance, Inc., in Ithaca recently began organizing to form a union with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). The group of around 50 EMTs, Paramedics, and Emergency Medical Dispatchers are seeking better working conditions and a stronger voice on the job. The Tompkins County Workers’ Center has been working […]
While it’s certainly a step that New York is raising the minimum wage for Upstate New York to $14.20/hour as of December 31st, we also KNOW that that is STILL not close enough to what the minimum wage SHOULD be. We want a minimum wage that is a LIVING WAGE! As one of the leading […]