Ithaca Area 8th Most Expensive in Country (Economic Policy Institute)
(ITHACA) A new national study by the Economic Policy Institute http://www.epi.org/press/updated-family-budget-calculator-shows-what-it-takes-to-get-by-in-618-communities/ ranks the greater Ithaca area (Ithaca MSA) as the 8th most expensive metropolitan area in the country for a two-parent, two-child household (more expensive than San Francisco and only a few notches below New York City). EPI’s Family Budget Calculator, which includes data for […]
Hundreds of People Attend Labor Day Picnic; Many Awards Given Demonstrating Rising Labor Movement!
Over 400 people attended the annual Labor Day picnic in Ithaca, NY. The picnic has been sponsored for thirty-two years by the Midstate Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. For the past eight years the Tompkins County Workers’ Center has also been a co-sponsor of the picnic, which brings labor and community together to celebrate workers on […]
New Union at Ithaca Health Alliance Formed, Contract Signed
(ITHACA) Administrative staff at the Ithaca Health Alliance (IHA) has formed a union, and the union and IHA have successfully completed negotiations of their first collective bargaining agreement. Both the employer and the union signed the new agreement several weeks ago. Rob Brown, Administrative Coordinator at IHA, said, “we are all unified in our desire […]