Tompkins County Workers' Rights Center


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

Restaurant Workers Victorious in 'Wage Theft' Case in Ithaca Small Claims Court
January 28th 2010
(Ithaca) Workers rights in Tompkins County took a big step forward today as City Judge James M . Kerrigan ruled in favor of five former employees of... » Read More

New York State Dept of Labor and Tompkins County Workers' Center Announce Results of Targeted Restaurant 'Sweep'
December 10th 2009
The New York State Department of Labor's (DOL) Commissioner, Patricia Smith, announced today in a Joint Press Conference with the Tompkins County... » Read More

As Holiday Season Approaches, Religious Task Force for a Living Wage Calls on Borders and Barnes and Noble Bookstores in Ithaca to Pay a Living Wage
November 23rd 2009
(Ithaca) The Tompkins County Religious Task Force for a Living Wage today called on two area bookstores, Borders and Barnes and Noble, to join other... » Read More

Lakeside Nursing Home Workers Settle Contract with New Owners; Victory for Workers and Community
November 4th 2009
(Ithaca) The 130 workers at Lakeside Nursing Home, organized through their union the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, today... » 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.

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

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