Tompkins County Workers Center
@TCWorkersCenter
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We advocate for all people treated unfairly at work. We support and empower each other to create a more just community and world for all: https://t.co/7DY3gfzLHV
Ithaca, NY
Joined June 2009
RT @UAW: One week on strike at Cornell University! Members of UAW Local 2300 are standing up for economic justice. One day longer, one day….
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RT @ALIGNny: $15 is not a living wage in upstate NY. That's why we're excited to see Tompkins County legislators take matters into their….
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Join us at Tompkins Legislature, Monday, 7.8 @ 3 p.m to agitate for a Countywide minimum wage that is a Living Wage. $15 minimum wage for upstate New Yorkers is not enough. Contact pete@tcworkerscenter.org if able to testify! #RaiseUpNY
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We believe workers should be allowed to celebrate their identities. We stand with Starbucks Workers United to support queer baristas. Thank you to all queer workers who continue to fight for their human rights to be recognized. We see you, we support you and we’re with you.
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In final budget negotiations, @GovKathyHochul proposes minimum wage increase to only $17. This is unacceptable. Call @GovKathyHochul TODAY at 518-474-8390, and tell her $17 is NOT enough for families to pay rent, food and necessities. @GovKathyHochul @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins
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RT @MinimumWageBiz: ➡️ Ithaca Businesses Say Raise the Minimum Wage! Over 30 Ithaca-area businesses and counting ⬆️.➡️ AND Hundreds of Bus….
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30 NYS Senators and 57 NYS Assemblymembers support 80% of NYers FOR a $21.25 #MinimumWage, including our very own @annakelles!.
The budget is being finalized NOW, and New Yorkers are clear: We Want a $21.25 #MinimumWage. 30 NYS Senators are standing with 80% of New Yorkers who want $21.25 #MinimumWage and automatic raises to keep up with cost of living. @GovKathyHochul, it’s time for $21.25. #RaiseUpNY
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The budget is being finalized NOW, and New Yorkers are clear: We Want a $21.25 #MinimumWage. 30 NYS Senators are standing with 80% of New Yorkers who want $21.25 #MinimumWage and automatic raises to keep up with cost of living. @GovKathyHochul, it’s time for $21.25. #RaiseUpNY
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The budget is being finalized RIGHT NOW, and New Yorkers are clear: We Want a $21.25 #MinimumWage. 30 NYS Senators are standing with 80% of New Yorkers who want a $21.25 #MinimumWage that automatically rises with cost of living. @GovKathyHochul, it’s time for $21.25. #RaiseUpNY
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RT @FEWCoalition: “I have paid State and Federal taxes for the last 19 years, and yet I am excluded, I feel forgotten like many independent….
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Kem Tabone, an Ithaca school custodian, testifies at Tompkins County Legislature about need for a statewide minimum wage of $21.25/hour!
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RT @MinimumWageBiz: Raising and then indexing the minimum wage to keep up with the cost of living will strengthen business and help New Yor….
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Businesses thrive when workers who are our customers have more money to spend.
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HAPPENING NOW: 150+ workers from across the state are rallying during the last week of budget negotiations. The message is clear: Workers need a $21.25 #MinimumWage.
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RT @showandtal: JUST PASSED: Rural Tompkins County Legislature becomes the first count to pass a resolution in support of the #RaiseUpNY le….
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RT @ALIGNny: $13 barely buys you lunch in New York – working people need a real raise. @GovKathyHochul’s minimum wage proposal falls shor….
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"While CEOs and executives rake in historic salaries, working New Yorkers deserve a raise. And the small and local businesses who make up the foundation of our communities need support too. The solution is clear: #RaiseTheWage to at least $21.25.".
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A gallon of milk starts at $5 in a local supermarket here in Queens. And a dozen eggs cost between $6 and $10. These prices were unheard of just five years ago. But today, we’re living throug…
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RT @jessicaramos: Fast food workers kicked off the Fight For $15 ten years ago, and this time is no different. Thank you @FastFoodUnion,….
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2.9 million New Yorkers—that’s 1 in 3 workers in NY—will get a raise under the Raise the Wage Act. Call @GovKathyHochul TODAY at 518-474-8390, and tell her to #RaiseTheWage to $21.25! #RaiseUpNY
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