Tompkins County Workers' Rights Center


Weekly Support Meeting for Un/deremployed Workers, Every Thursday @ 4:30 p.m.
June 14th 2010
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center and one of its leadership groups, the Community Union Organizers, announces the formation of a weekly support... » Read More

Ithaca Coffee Company and the Tompkins County Coffee Workers Union: Fair Trade, from Bean to the Cup: An Update
May 15th 2010
[Editors Note: On February 21, 2010, a majority, 8 of 11 at the time, nonmanagerial workers at the Ithaca Coffee Company signed a petition indicating... » Read More

[VIDEO] Over 50 People Gather on Bank Alley in Ithaca for Rally on May 7th: Make Wall Street Pay/Close Corporate Tax Loopholes
May 8th 2010
On Friday, May 7, Ithacans gathered outside Bank of America on the Commons for the Make Wall Street Pay Up Rally, an event that featured community... » Read More

Show Support for the Tompkins County Coffee Workers Union's Struggle to Be Recognized as a Union with Bargaining Power at the Ithaca Coffee Company!
April 4th 2010
Pick Up Your Support Button Today at the Tompkins County Workers' Center, 115 The Commons (above Autumn Leaves Used Books), Ithaca Please Drop By... » Read More

Worker Awarded $2301.04 in 'Wage Theft' Case in Ithaca Small Claims Court
March 6th 2010
(Ithaca) Workers rights in Tompkins County took a another step forward on March 4th, 2010 as City Judge Judith Rossiter ruled in favor of a former... » Read More

Over 100 People Attend Rally Outside Cost Cutters Saturday in Protest of Unfair Termination and 'Yellow Dog Contract": VIDEO + TAKE ACTION!
February 18th 2010
Over 100 people braved the cold this past Saturday outside Cost Cutters Hair Salon in Ithaca to protest the unfair termination of Amber Little as a... » Read More

National Labor Relations Board Opens Investigation of Cost Cutters Hair Salon in Ithaca (Regis Corporation) for Unfair Labor Practices
February 11th 2010
(Ithaca) The National Labor Relations Board today is commencing an investigation of the Ithaca Cost Cutters Hair Salon/Regis Corporation (722 S... » Read More

Tell Ithaca Cost Cutters (Regis Corp) to Be Fair to Its Workers; Back Off the Anti-Union Actions
February 7th 2010
Several weeks ago, Tompkins County Workers’ Center (TCWC) Member Jami Breedlove (a WIC worker with deep connections in the community), contacted our... » Read More

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Pete Meyers

Pete is the Coordinator of the Workers' Center and brings a long-standing commitment to economic justice from his own experience of feeling violated in the workplace, as well as seeing all too many people having to work poverty-wage jobs. Pete says that, "Change Is Gonna Come!"


Currently, in Tompkins County the living wage is $11.11/hr (with health insurance. Without is $12.11). Read more about the latest study.

Greenstar Cooperative Market
701 W. Buffalo Street, Ithaca

For a list of living wage employers, view the certification page.

 Greenstar Cooperative Market