[The Cornell Organization for Labor Action joins with five local governments; thirty-nine local businesses; and 19 community organizations]. As a student-labor solidarity organization that supports the efforts of workers organizing for a better quality of life for themselves, their families, and their communities, COLA stands in support of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center‘s Living Wage […]
I have been struggling to find employment and keep it. I will get hired places and then let go before training even starts because I don’t have transportation to go to Elmira, Horseheads and all the other locations they send for training. When I find a job that doesn’t require me to travel out of […]
Four of the Youth Fellows of the Youth Organizing Fellowship, responded to why they thought a Living Wage for all people in Tompkins County is a necessity. Anacheliz Living wage would not only benefit adults but young people as well. We might want to buy the newest thing but some of us work to help […]
(Ithaca) Alternatives Federal Credit Union (AFCU) today announced its new Living Wage calculations for a single individual living in Tompkins County based on 2016 living/rental costs. This amounts to $15.11/hour. The Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) applauds AFCU’s commitment to paying its own workers a Living Wage and providing the research that helps establish the […]
The history of Tiny Timber began with Buzz Dolph, originally a stone setter, who always found pleasure derived from actively working, building whatever he could. Buzz could be described as a person who was never idle, constantly keeping his hands busy with more than one building project at a time. The idea that became Tiny […]