Fantastically good news! Domestic workers — nannies, housekeepers and caregivers of the ill and elderly — have been granted some rights! Some paid holidays, sick days and vacations and some other rights that most of us take for granted have been passed by the NYS Senate. You can read the whole story in today’s New […]
(Ithaca) Workers rights in Tompkins County took a another step forward on March 4th, 2010 as City Judge Judith Rossiter ruled in favor of a former employee of City Health Club, located at 402 W. Green Street, Ithaca, NY. The judgment, which totaled $2301.04, was decided in Small Claims Court without objection from the health […]
(Ithaca) Workers rights in Tompkins County took a big step forward today as City Judge James M . Kerrigan ruled in favor of five former employees of Hog’s Back BBQ, formerly of 120 Third St, Ithaca, NY. The judgements, which totaled over $8,100 between the five ex-employees, were decided in Small Claims Court without objection […]
(Ithaca) The 130 workers at Lakeside Nursing Home, organized through their union the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, today reached a new labor agreement with Peregrine Health Management, the new owners of Lakeside (now officially Cayuga Ridge) Nursing Home. Healthcare workers at Lakeside had been told last week that they had to reapply […]
The Tompkins County Living Wage Coalition/Workers’ Rights Center today announces details of a settlement won by food service workers against New Delhi Diamonds Restaurant, 106 W. Green Street and its owner Baldhev Sekhon. For at least a year (2003-2004) and probably longer New Delhi Diamonds stole money from waiters and waitresses by appropriating for itself […]