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Emma Kate Johansen '23 writes about her experiences as a paraprofessional and shares the importance of prioritizing support staff by providing fair wages.

Commentary: Support staff must be prioritized in schools

By Emma Kate Johansen • February 7, 2024
I graduated from Ithaca College in May 2023 with a screenwriting degree, but just about a month before graduation, the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike. Without writing jobs to apply for, I floundered. My mom, a lifelong teacher, suggested I apply for school support staff positions for a district near my Connecticut hometown while I figured out my next steps. I didn’t count on the faculty needing as much help as the students. 
Senior Jacob Lange, a runner on Ithaca College's cross-country team, writes that the quick turnover of assistant coaches has lasting effects on team members.

Commentary: Colleges should give coaches fair wages

By Jacob Lange • November 13, 2019
These coaches’ passions are being put into a chokehold by the low pay they are offered by Ithaca College.
Junior Bron Pedulla-Smith films Ashley Carman and her daughter Hailee Carman for a documentary on raising the Tompkins County minimum wage to $15.11 per hour as part of the Tompkin’s Country Workers’ Center’s compaign.

IC students produce documentary about living wages in Ithaca

By Alyshia Korba, Contributing Writer • March 5, 2019
Ithaca College students are volunteering with the Tompkins County Workers’ Center to make a documentary on the organization’s living wage campaign.
Professors at Ithaca College are paid less than their counterparts at similar four-year private colleges in New York state, according to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Ithaca College faculty are paid less than at other institutions

By Madeline Lester, Staff Writer • April 28, 2016
Professors at Ithaca College are paid less than their counterparts at similar four-year private colleges in New York state. Despite this data, some faculty and administrators believe it is not fair to compare these other institutions in New York state to the college.
From left, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick and Pete Meyers, coordinator and co-founder of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center, call for more living wage employers at the TCWC’s living wage celebration in January 2014.

Commentary: Minimum wage should be a living wage

By Carl Feuer and Pete Meyers • September 9, 2015
There is a sustainable and sure solution, and that is raising the minimum wage to a living wage.
Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick and Pete Meyers, coordinator of the Tompkins County Workers' Center, called for more living wage employers at the TCWC's living wage celebration, Jan. 29.

Workers’ Center pushes for higher minimum wage

By Eden Campbell, Contributing Writer • January 31, 2014
Community members, local government officials and business owners gathered on Jan. 29 at the Tompkins County Workers’ Center to celebrate recent achievements for living wages in Ithaca.
Members and supporters of the Tompkins County Workers Center gathered Sept. 17 outside of the Tompkins County Legislature, rallying for the implementation of a county-wide living wage.

City named certified living-wage employer

By Sage Daugherty, Online News Editor • December 4, 2013
After deciding to become a living-wage employer, the City of Ithaca has received official certification from the Tompkins County Workers Center.

Editorial: Work for a living

September 25, 2013

In 2006, Tompkins County became a certified living-wage employer, meaning it pays the minimum salary necessary for employees to meet their basic needs. The City of Ithaca will follow this model and become...

The Tompkins County Workers Center leads a rally for the living wage on Tuesday afternoon, outside the Tompkins County Legislature

Workers’ Center rallies for the Living Wage

By Sage Daugherty, Online News Editor • September 18, 2013
The Tompkins County Workers' Center leads a rally for the living wage on Tuesday afternoon, outside the Tompkins County Legislature
Richie Stearns and the Evil City String Band perform at the Tompkins County Worker's Center's 30th annual Labor Day picnic

Workers’ Center discusses living wage at Labor Day community picnic

By Sage Daugherty, Online News Editor • September 2, 2013
Discussions of the ‘‘living wage’’ and the 99 percent were part of the dialogue Monday as almost 400 community members gathered together at the free picnic to support and celebrate the Tompkins County Workers’ Center and Labor Day.
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