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From left to right: Pete Meyers, coordinator of the Tompkins County Workers Center; Shane Lancer, graduate student at Cornell Universitys School of Labor Relations; Eric Byrd, a food delivery driver for a local pizza place; and Tim Hembrooke, a senior bartender at Moosewood, gather outside City Hall as they prepare to leave for Gov. Cuomos Wage Board hearing in Syracuse.

Workers debate over NY state’s minimum wage for tipped employees

By Evan Popp, Staff Writer • October 8, 2014
The New York state minimum wage for tipped employees makes getting by increasingly difficult, Eric Byrd, a tipped worker at a local pizza place, said.
Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick and Pete Meyers, coordinator of the Tompkins County Workers Center, called for more living wage employers at the TCWCs 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.

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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

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Richie Stearns and the Evil City String Band perform at the Tompkins County Workers Centers 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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