Winning wages sharply higher than other grocery workers receive in Ithaca, GreenStar Workers United signed their first collective bargaining agreement with the Co-op July 15. The entry-level wage is now $19.25/hour. Compare this to the $15.50-$16.50 paid at Wegmans and Tops. The 150 workers at all three stores will benefit also from a disciplinary procedure […]
(Ithaca) This Sunday, June 22nd, a coalition of organizations working for an increase to the local minimum wage both for the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County will be holding a Living Wage Town Hall at Southside Community Center, 305 S. Plain Street, Ithaca, beginning at 2:30 p.m. and ending by 4:00 p.m. If you […]
Alternatives Federal Credit Union and the Tompkins County Workers’ Center were pleased to join in the release of the 2025 Annual Living Wage Report today, February 26th. The Report, which can be found here, was produced by a team from the Ithaca and Buffalo Co-Labs of Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations led by […]
On an unseasonably cold and blustery day, over 350 people attended the Tompkins County Workers Centers‘ 38th Annual Labor Day Picnic @ Ithaca’s Stewart Park on Monday, September 2nd. The Picnic organizers focused on the theme, Women & Gender Non-Conforming Workers & Labor. Incredible music was provided by the 86ers; Go Gone; and Open Swim. […]
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center will hold the 38th Annual Labor Day Picnic from 12 p.m./noon to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 2nd, in Ithaca’s Stewart Park Main Pavilion. This year’s Picnic theme will be: Women and Gender Non-Conforming Workers and Labor. The picnic is free and everyone is invited. Everyone is invited to bring […]