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 […]
Town of Ithaca Unanimously Backs Countywide Minimum Wage as Living Wage ($14.34/hour)
(ITHACA) On Monday, 8/10, the Ithaca Town Board, by a unanimous vote, became the first governmental agency in Tompkins County to publicly endorse the Tompkins County Workers’ Center campaign, to mandate a minimum wage for EVERYONE who works in Tompkins County that is a Living Wage ($14.34/hour in Tompkins). Says Ithaca Town Supervisor Herb Engman: […]
Climate Justice and Sustainability
By Kathy Russell, Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) Community Union Organizer in the local environmental and climate justice movement One of my favorite yard signs is “IF YOU THINK THE ECONOMY IS WORKING, ASK SOMEONE WHO ISN’T.†It makes you wonder. What should an economy be for anyway? Shouldn’t it promote social justice and enable […]
Workers’ Center and Midstate COSH Training Young Farmworkers in Danby, NY
Antonio Triana and Ella Bard lead an Occupational Safety and Health workshop on Monday, August 3rd, for young farmworkers in Danby, NY, sponsored by the Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) and the Midstate Council on Occupational Safety & Health. Triana earlier this spring was sent by the center to the Interfaith Worker Justice Train-the-Trainer program […]