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Over 150 Attend Hotel Worker Appreciation Dinner; County and City Make Strong Proclamations in Favor of Hotel Workers
April 30th 2008
Over 150 people attended the Workers' Center first ever Hotel Worker Appreciation Dinner in an astounding show of support for our County's hotel workers. Speakers included: --former hotel workers, Joan Keyser and Mary Loehr --Acting Mayor for the...

Third Annual May 1st Immigrant and Workers' Right's Rally
April 26th 2008
Please join us for this year's May 1st (Thursday) rally in support of immigrant and workers rights. Our theme this year will focus on how immigration affects us all. Join us on Ho Plaza and/or the Commons for speeches, q and a, information, and...

OpEd: Housekeeper Chimes In: Cleaning Rooms for a Living is No Easy Task
April 13th 2008
Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Chances are that you have, perhaps many times. Have you ever thought much about the woman who cleans your room every day? I recently stopped working as a housekeeper at one of the well-known hotels in the county...

Workers Win at the Hilton Garden Inn
March 22nd 2008
(Opinion Piece from Workers' Center Leader/UAW Employee, Carl Feuer, on Hotel Campaign and Recent Hilton Victory)--The Tompkins County Workers' Center is passionate about promoting worker empowerment and worker rights, including the right to a...

We Can Do Better! Proposed Rimland Hotel Project in Ithaca
March 16th 2008
The City of Ithaca will soon be deciding whether or not to sell 2,140 square feet of land to Long Island developer, Jeffrey Rimland. Rimland is proposing a 102-room hotel on the eastern end of The Commons in Ithaca, right next to the Rothschild's...

National Labor Relations Board Upholds ‘Unfair Labor Practice’ Charge Against Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Ithaca
March 6th 2008
The Tompkins County Workers' Center held a Press Conference in front of the Hilton Garden Inn today which was attended by over 50 supporters of the Center. The Conference was held to announce a settlement released recently by the National Labor...

Over 50 People Commit to 40 Hour Fast Supporting Hotel Workers on Tuesday Evening
February 19th 2008
Tuesday evening, March 4th, over 75 people attended the Kickoff to the 13th Annual 40 Hour Fast in support of the struggles of our over 600 hotel workers in Tompkins County at the Women's Community Building. In addition, over 50 people committed to...

Hotel Workers Detail Human Rights Abuses at Hilton Garden Inn Ithaca and Other Local Hotels
November 6th 2007
The Tompkins County Workers' Center has embarked on a critical campaign that is keenly focused on organizing with the workers that are most directly affected by low wages; lack of health care; lack of the ability to organize for ourselves in the...

"Building a Movement to End Poverty: The 40th Anniversary of MLK's Poor People's Campaign and What It Means for Today": A Public Presentation by Willie Baptist, of the University of the Poor; Friday, 11/9 @ 5 p.m. at BOCES Community School, 214 Elmira Roa
November 6th 2007
The Workers' Center has been affiliated for the past six years with the national Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) whose Mission is to unite the poor across color lines as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish...

Workers' Center First Annual Picnic Tremendous Success; Draws Over 200 People
September 12th 2007
Coming from all over Tompkins County, over 200 people attended the first Annual Workers' Center Picnic on Saturday, September 29th. Speakers included Neisha Butler of the Workers' Center; Alan Gomez of the Immigrant Rights Coalition; Phoebe Brown...