The Tompkins County Workers’ Center invites you to participate in a free workshop “Occupational Safety and Health: Identifying and Controlling Hazards in the Workplaceâ€. This is a SAFETY AND HEALTH workshop that allows you to know and understand your rights in the workplace under federal law. You will also learn to identify and Control potential […]
Please consider taking this important Call to Action from the Ithaca College Contingent Faculty Union: Workers across the U.S. are under attack. More and more are forced to work without job security, benefits, and adequate pay, while a tiny elite reaps enormous rewards from our labor. This is true in the political and corporate sector […]
Employers in New York State should be aware of new minimum compensation limits for workers in the state. An increase to minimum wage for hourly employees eligible for overtime in NY has received fairly widespread attention; it rose at of the beginning of the new year to $9.70/hour in Upstate New York. Fewer people are […]
Anne Marshall, RN, and another RN who chooses to remain anonymous at this point, were terminated by Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) last fall ostensibly for a medical policy violation. Given that Anne has been a leader in the campaign to form a nurses’ union at CMC, and this policy has been rarely and inconsistently enforced, […]
As of December 31st, 2016, the New York State Minimum Wage increases significantly. Fast food workers in Tompkins County and throughout the upstate areas must be paid at least $10.75/hour (a $1 increase). All other workers must be paid at least $9.70/hour (an increase of 70 cents). The fast food minimum wage applies to chains […]