Tompkins County has a higher cost of living than anywhere else in upstate New York, and its cost of living has increased disproportionately relative to wages in recent years. In spring and summer 2026, the Ithaca Co-Lab coordinated an effort to solicit testimony and present data analyses to help the Tompkins County Legislature decide whether […]
On a close to perfect late summer day, over 500 people attended the Tompkins County Workers’ Center’s 40th Annual Labor Day Picnic @ Ithaca’s Stewart Park on Monday, September 7th. The theme of the Picnic was International Working-Class Solidarity. Incredible music was provided 86er’s and Richie Stearns & Friends, Proletariat Punk, Old Time. Celebrating local […]
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center will hold the 40th Annual Labor Day Picnic from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, September 7th in Ithaca’s Stewart Park Main Pavilion. This year’s Picnic theme will be: International Working-Class Solidarity The picnic is free and everyone is invited. Everyone can enjoy the free burgers (meat and veggie), […]
Join us for the seventh convening in a series of discussions exploring the possibility of establishing a countywide minimum wage in Tompkins County. Food and a babysitter will be available at the convening. See Zoom details below if you would like to join the convening virtually. Come learn, share perspectives, and help shape the conversation. […]
The Ithaca and Buffalo Co-Labs of Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Tompkins County Workers’ Center were pleased to join in the release of the 2026 Annual Living Wage Report yesterday, April 8th. The Report, which can be found here, was produced by a team from the Ithaca and Buffalo Co-Labs of […]