Events Archives | Tompkins County Workers' Center

August 7, 2017

Mobilizing for Our Rights and Fighting for a Countywide Living Wage: Over 350 People At 34th Annual Labor Day Picnic in Ithaca: List of Awards

Over 350 people attended the Tompkins County Workersâ€™ Center and Midstate Central Labor Councilâ€™s 34th Annual Labor Day Picnic @ Ithacaâ€™s Stewart Park on Monday, September 4th. The Picnic organizers focused on the theme: Mobilizing for Our Rights and Fighting for a Countywide Living Wage.Â Incredible music was provided by the Ithaca Bottom Boys. Watch […]

July 25, 2017

Monday, 7/31 in Ithaca: Stop ‘Milking’ NYS Dairy Farmworkers: NYS Farmworkers Fight for the Right to Organize

We invite you to hear from dairy farmworker leader Crispin Hernandez and the co-authors of the recently published report Milked: Immigrant Dairy Farmworkers in New York StateÂ at an Ithaca forum: Milk Cows, Not Workers Monday, July 31, 7pm Unitarian Church, 306 N. Aurora St. (@ Buffalo St. entrance), Ithaca Free and open to public […]

April 27, 2017

Join Us for the March for Climate, Jobs and Justice on April 29 in Ithaca

PLEASE JOIN US! The Tompkins County Workers’ Center is cosponsoring a local March for Climate, Jobs and Justice to coincide with the national march in Washington DC this Saturday April 29. We are hoping for at least 1,000 people from across the region to participate in a visible show of concern for the rapid deterioration […]

March 14, 2017

Join the Picket Lines to Support IC Teachers March 28-29: Volunteer Sign-Up HERE (with URL)

You may well have heard that a two day strike at Ithaca College (see FAQ) has now been called for March 28-29 by the 300+ contingent faculty, represented by SEIU Local 200. The most important gesture you can make is to show up at IC on March 28 and 29 taking a one or two […]

March 7, 2017

Join Us! WEDNESDAY, 12:30-2: Cornell Grad Student Union Rally & March

The Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) has been working very closely with the Cornell Graduate Students United (CGSU) who are organizing for a union on the campus of Cornell for the past couple of years. Tomorrow/Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. outside of Bailey Hall @ Cornell the TCWC and other community/labor partners will be JOINING with […]