ITHACA – Workers employed with Bangs Ambulance, Inc., in Ithaca recently began organizing to form a union with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). The group of around 50 EMTs, Paramedics, and Emergency Medical Dispatchers are seeking better working conditions and a stronger voice on the job. The Tompkins County Workers’ Center has been working […]
While it’s certainly a step that New York is raising the minimum wage for Upstate New York to $14.20/hour as of December 31st, we also KNOW that that is STILL not close enough to what the minimum wage SHOULD be. We want a minimum wage that is a LIVING WAGE! As one of the leading […]
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center is collaborating closely with the Finger Lakes Independence Center (FLIC), along with the statewide Fair Pay for Home Care campaign, to ensure that all Home Care Workers in New York get paid, at minimum, 150% of the minimum wage (which would presently be $19.80/hour in upstate NY). On September 15th at […]
This coming Monday, September 5th, the Tompkins County Workers’ Center will be joining with Starbucks Workers United, Ithaca branch, as well as Ithaca DSA, for a rally @ 11 a.m. at 402 College Avenue in Collegetown. At 12 p.m. we will then parade down to The Commons, specifically the Starbucks location at the corner of […]
Workers at the Seneca and Meadow Street stores in downtown Ithaca say they went on strike today to protest Starbucks blatant union-busting and wrongful termination of union leaders. The workers and the TCWC welcome the larger community to join the strike line today at the S. Meadow Street location (up through 5 p.m.)! Management has […]