Many New Yorkers working in the cash economy are being left out of the Excluded Workers Fund (EWF) because they cannot prove their work eligibility. The EWF provides up to $15,600 to workers who lost income during the COVID-induced economic shutdown but were ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits. The fund primarily benefits undocumented and partially-documented […]
Newfield’s Greensprings Natural Cemetery is easily one of our most unique Certified Living Wage Employers. Located atop a picturesque hill surrounded by 8,000 acres of forest, the non-profit burial ground doubles as a nature preserve comprised of awe-inspiring meadows and woodlands. Greensprings turns our country’s conventional approach to burial on its head by providing low-density […]
We have way too many people who come to us @ the Tompkins County Workers’ Center have been the victim of Wage Theft. This image graphically lays out the monetary costs, on a national level, of Wage Theft as compared to the combination of ALL: 1) burglaries; 2) robberies; 3) larcenies; and 4) auto theft. […]
Over 350 people attended the Tompkins County Workers’ Center and Midstate Central Labor Council’s 35th Annual Labor Day Picnic @ Ithaca’s Stewart Park on Monday, September 3rd. The Picnic organizers focused on the theme: Why a Union? Why a Living Wage? Incredible music was provided by ‘Alexander Bradshaw and the Labor Day Specials’. Every year, […]
If you’re on social media in Tompkins County, you may have seen a Facebook post with a LOT of community commentary on the dangerous situation of a worker laying scaffolding some 5-6 stories up at the Hilton Canopy Hotel construction site without a guardrail, harness, or firm decking in place. Since the post, the Ithaca […]