The Tompkins County Workers' Center, the Tompkins/Cortland Labor Committee, and
the Midstate Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, will hold the 34th Annual Labor
Day Picnic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, September 4th, in Ithaca's Cass
Park, in a pavilion IMMEDIATELY NORTH of the Ithaca
of speakers including:
- Eric Levine, Acting CEO, General Counsel Alternatives FCU;
- Megan Ward, A Living Wage employee ;
- Pete Meyers, Tompkins County Workers Center (TCWC);
- Deb Dietrich, ED of OAR (a small not for profit that works with formerly
incarcerated people
(ITHACA) The Tompkins County Workers' Center, the Midstate Central Labor
Council, AFL-CIO and Tompkins/Cortland Labor Committee, will hold the 34th
Annual Tompkins/Cortland Labor Day Picnic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday,
September 4th, in Ithaca's Cass Park, in a pavilion IMMEDIATELY NORTH
Your presence is requested at a Rally this coming Monday, June 19th, at 4 p.m.
at theCounty Legislature Building, 121 E. Court St. in Ithaca in support of a
Minimum Wagethat is a Living Wage in Tompkins County. (See detailed FAQ of the
campaign here.)
At 4:30, we will jointly walk into the
s in front of the major teaching buildings, and all
faculty and students are all being asked to join the strike. Please click on
the link above for the time/s you can do a shift. And feel free to contact Pete
Meyers at the TCWC if you are have any questions. The Tompkins County Workers'
Center
ounce-121101943-12863...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Pete Meyers
<p...@tcworkerscenter.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 3:27:35 PM
To: Tompkins Workers' Center
Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Low-Wage New York Workers Get a Boost! As of
December 31st, 2016, the New York State Minimu
Tompkins County Community Matchup - A Way to Give for the Holidays: Support
Local Organizations That Ensure Basic Needs and Civil Rights for All and
Protect our Environment!
http://communitymatchup.org/
Please join us on
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University of New York, and author of The Future of Whiteness
- Larry Alcoff, Veteran Union Organizer, SEIU, NYC
- Stacey Black, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 241
- Pete Meyers, Coordinator of the Tompkins County Workers' Center
As a result
Friday, November 18th is National Wage Theft Day of Action as declared by one
of our national partners, Interfaith Worker Justice. The Tompkins County
Workers' Center began its Workers Rights Hotline in the spring of 2003. A full
20% of the people that we've encountered through the Hotline have
Pete Meyers, Tompkins
CountyWorkers' Center
607.339.1680/ p...@tcworkerscenter.org
Living Wage Visioning Contest Winners Announced: ALL Entries Published
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center held its Celebration of all eighteen (18)
entries that people submitted who entered our first- Living Wage Visioning
Contest ever on Friday, October 7th. Contestants who live and/or work
Within the past year, both Part-Time and Full-Time Contingent Faculty at Ithaca
College (IC) unionized with SEIU200 United as their union. ('Contingent
faculty' are non-tenure track college teachers. At IC, they earn poverty wages,
receive no health benefits, and must re-apply for their job
Celebratingthe Winners of the Tompkins Workers' Center's Living Wage Visioning
Contest:
Wine, Cheese, and Beer Reception: Friday, October 7th from 5:00-6:30 p.m.
(Ithaca) The Tompkins County Workers’ Center announcesa Wine, Beer and Cheese
Reception to celebrate the three winners of
Celebratingthe Winners of the Tompkins Workers' Center's Living Wage Visioning
Contest:
Wine, Cheese, and Beer Reception: Friday, October 7th from 5:00-6:30 p.m.
(Ithaca) The Tompkins County Workers’ Center announcesa Wine, Beer and Cheese
Reception to celebrate the three winners of
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(ITHACA) The Tompkins County Workers' Center and the Midstate Central Labor
Council, AFL-CIO, will hold the 33rd Annual Labor Day Picnic from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. on Monday, September 5th, in Ithaca's Stewart Park. This year’s picnic
theme is “Labor Rights Are Civil Rights”. (Sign in on Facebook)
(ITHACA) The Tompkins County Workers' Center and the Midstate Central Labor
Council, AFL-CIO, will hold the 33rd Annual Labor Day Picnic from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. on Monday, September 5th, in Ithaca's Stewart Park. This year’s picnic
theme is “Labor Rights Are Civil Rights”. (Sign in on Facebook)
If you of anyone that makes less than a Living Wage OR you work with people who
make less than a Living Wage, the Tompkins County Workers' Center very much
encourages people to apply for this Contest!! (Still over a month to go to
submit an entry). The TompkinsCounty Workers' Center (TCWC)
LIVING WAGEVISIONING CONTEST
Entries accepted: July 1 - Sept 15 Winners Announced: Sept 30
First Prize: $1,250Second Prize: $750Third Prize: $500
Do you make less than a Living Wage? If so, how might your life and the life of
your family change if your wage was raised to a Living Wage?
To
ember, Joe Lawrence.
“We are pleased that the Workers’ Center was able toorganize our members and
many community supporters to stand with the strikerson the picket lines,” said
Pete Meyers, TCWC Coordinator. “One of the largest strikes in the lastdecade,
we hope this reinforces the resurgence of worker
rizon are indicative of a
larger societal trend that would lower standards for workers across America,”
said Pete Meyers, Coordinator of the Tompkins County Workers' Center. “We are
holding this march and rally to support the brave women and men on strike and
to voice our opposition to Verizon's corporate a
(DRYDEN, NY) The Dryden Town Board, by a unanimous 5-0 vote, hascalled on the
Tompkins County Legislature to move toward establishing theLiving Wage as the
Minimum Wage for all employees working within the countyborders. The vote took
place at the Dryden Town Board meeting onThursday, April
or all
workers in Tompkins County, and will support the rightof workers to organize
for collective bargaining and against Wage Theft,especially as the minimum wage
rises," said Pete Meyers, Coordinator ofthe TCWC.
SaysLorie Compton, a Direct Service Professional at the Franziska Racker Center
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On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Pete Meyers <p...@tcworkerscenter.org> wrote:
(Ithaca) The Tompkins County Workers' Center is pleasedto announce that we have
now certified 104 employers as being Living Wage Employers, having just
recently added the Town of Enfi
“The New York State League of Women Voters supports a Living Wage, based on the
League’s national position about meeting basic human needs. A Living Wage
should provide sufficient income without government assistance, for food,
clothing, housing, energy, transportation, health care, education,
also voted(in both cases, unanimously) to also endorse a
County Living Wage. “With over one-third of the childrenat Caroline Elementary
School in families with incomes so low that they qualifyfor the free lunch
program,” said Pete Meyers, TCWC Coordinator, “it is clearthat the lack of a
Living
Come to a Singalong Benefit Concert, October 31, withAnnie Patterson & Peter
Blood, the creators of Rise Up Singing, celebratingthe release of their
long-awaited 2nd songbook Rise Again! - joined by Kim& Reggie Harris, Charlie
King and Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, & JanNigro singing Walk A Mile.
Fund-Raiser for Countywide Minimum Wage That is a Living Wage Campaign and Book
Launching Event
(ITHACA) On Saturday, October 17 at 1:00 pm at Buffalo Street Books (one of the
TCWC's 102 Certified Living Wage Employers), the public is invited to a
fund-raiser in support of the Tompkins County
(ITHACA) On Monday evening, 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 (TCWC) campaign, to mandate a minimum wage for
EVERYONE who works in Tompkins County that is a Living
Hoping some of you can make!!
In solidarity
Pete
Sunday, July 26: Joe Hill Lives – Fights for Tompkins Living Wage: GET YOUR
TICKETS NOW!
On Sunday, July 26th, from 6-9 p.m., the Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC)
presents the Joe Hill 100 Roadshow! Featured artists are Magpie (Terry Leonino
Sunday, July 26: Joe Hill Lives – Fights for Tompkins Living Wage: GET YOUR
TICKETS NOW!
On Sunday, July 26th, from 6-9 p.m., the Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC)
presents the Joe Hill 100 Roadshow! Featured artists are Magpie (Terry Leonino
Greg Artzner), George Mann, and special
I am on vacation to return to the so-called civilized world on Tuesday, April 21st. I will respond to your email not long after my return! Pete
(Ithaca) A year and a half ago, Milton Webb and Stanley McPherson, two
workers with ReCommunity Recycling (which was taken over by Casella Waste
Systems in early 2014), a subcontractor with the Tompkins County Solid Waste
Division, approached the Tompkins County Workers' Center (TCWC)
31st Annual Labor Day Picnic in Ithaca: Building a Strong
Local Economy for Workers
Featuring the Music of Richie Stearns and the Evil City String Band
(Ithaca)
The Midstate Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and the Tompkins County Workers'
Center, will hold the 31st Annual Labor Day
I am on vacation to return to work on Thursday, August 21st. I will respond to your email not long after my return!
Pete
Tompkins Workers' Center to Hold Living Wage Community Celebration
(ITHACA) The Tompkins County Workers' Center (TCWC) announces
that it will hold a Community Celebration on Wednesday, January 29th,
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Workers' Center (115 The Commons/E. Martin Luther
King Jr. Street
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