Last Thursday a Workers’ Center client, Arthur Whitman, and I went to Small Claims Court in an effort to retrieve unpaid wages. Luckily for Arthur, his suit against City Health Club, 402 West Green Street in Ithaca, was successful: City Health’s owner agreed to pay Arthur the $2,301.04 owed him. Here’s what we usually suggest […]
Workers’ Center members are invited to two different activities this weekend: one of our super-duper quarterly potlucks and a movie at Cinemapolis. On Saturday, March 6th at 5:30, please join us at the Unitarian Church of Ithaca (on the corner of E. Buffalo and N. Aurora Streets, Ithaca) for a potluck cosponsored with the Religious […]
You’ll most likely be reading lots of messages like this one in the near future: a rally is planned in Albany to protest budget cuts. This particular rally is a part of the fight to save SUNY. State colleges traditionally have been the route to higher education for middle and lower income earners. Public education […]
From time to time we have a guest dog visiting in the Workers’ Center space. Today it is Milkshake, a friendly and stylish (neckerchief worn at a saucy angle) Corgi. Although I’m not crazy about just any old dog, I must confess to a soft spot for corgis since I was once the companion of […]
The AFL-CIO has an interesting exhibit right now: posters from films which celebrate Working Class Heroes. Every now and then I will post a few of the film titles included in the exhibition so you can check them out when you’re in need of some Big Screen respite from the Daily Grind. Here are a […]