(ITHACA) The Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) mounted simultaneous Fight for $15 Living Wage Vigils at fifteen (15) fast food restaurants throughout Tompkins County on MLK Day. About 75 living wage supporters and activists braved extremely cold weather to conduct the one hour vigils (3:30-4:30 at each location). Four of the vigils were organized in […]
(ITHACA) Fast food workers in New York State will reap the first benefits of their Fight for $15 activism on January 1st as the minimum wage in the industry rises to $9.75/hour ($10.50 in NY City). This is a $1 or 11 percent increase over 2015. Over 180,000 working families will see this increase in […]
Joe Wetmore, Owner of Autumn Leaves Used Books in Ithaca, on being a Certified Living Wage Employer Building a better business – “Having a community standard to operate by – which the Alternatives Federal Credit Union provides in its living wage calculation – helped me establish a wage base for my store. It’s contributed to […]
(ITHACA) The Tompkins County Office of Human Rights (OHR) and the Tompkins County Workers’ Center announced the winners of its second annual “What Would MLK Say Today?†Poster Contest, at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center’s annual MLK Day Breakfast. The contest was designed to provide opportunities for Tompkins County artists to imagine and express how […]
WHAT: Ithaca City Council is considering throwing its support behind our movement to make the Living Wage a minimum wage in Tompkins County. They will decide this at the next Council meeting. Come help us make the Minimum Wage a Living Wage! WHEN: 5:30-6:00 pm, Wednesday, December 2, RALLY next to City Hall, 108 E. […]