Get involved! We meet every Tuesday night at 7 PM in the pub!
May Day protest disputes college policy
More than 20 students and faculty gathered Tuesday at the Free Speech Rock to bring awareness to climbing student debt and financial inequalities adjunct professors experience at Ithaca College.
Photos by Geri Silver
Photos by Geri Silver
Thank you everyone for coming out to the rally today! Let's make sure IC works together to meet our demands!
Great article in the Ithacan about our Part-Time Professor Panel:
Full-time faculty and the Labor Initiative in Promoting Solidarity are taking a stand for part-time faculty who will not receive a raise for the second year in a row following the approval of the 2012-13 budget by the board of trustees.
Thank you everyone who came out to our Part-Time Professor Panel! We hope you all learned a lot! We sure did! Stay tuned for our rally on May 1...
Bus Drivers Reach Deal With TCAT Management | The Cornell Daily Sun
After more than six months of heated negotiations between bus drivers and management over the terms of a contract, TCAT employees approved the final version of a new contract on Friday.
Come to our meeting tomorrow night at 7PM in Williams 211!
We will continue our discussion concerning student debt, the working conditions of adjunct/part-time professors, etc. We will also be planning events/actions for the remaining of the semester!
Student tuition and fees are increasing rapidly across the nation. At, IC we just passed the $50,000 mark. Check out our board next to the info. desk in Campus Center that illustrates IC student's financial struggles.
http://www.tcworkerscenter.org/2012/02/three-tompkins-county-businesses-newly-living-wage-certified/
The Tompkins County Workers’ Center is pleased to announce that we now have 75 Certified Living Wage Employers, having just added the following:
In debt? You might soon be in more. Read this article on expected tuition increases to be announced Feb. 16:
In President Obama’s most recent State of the Union Address, he called on colleges and universities to make concerted efforts to keep tuition prices down. He said:
Please join us at our first meeting tonight in Williams 211 at 7pm!
Apple said audits revealed that 93 supplier facilities had records indicating that over half of workers exceeded a 60-hour weekly working limit. Apple said 108 facilities did not pay proper overtime as required by law. In 15 facilities, Apple found foreign contract workers who had paid excessive recruitment fees to labor agencies.
The company is following the lead of many other big corporations, which have released similar lists in the past.
Buzzsaw magazine's Pete Blachard wrote a great article on the TCAT workers' battle for a fair contract:
TCAT workers are shorted by their management, their management is shorted by state and riders are paying the price. Photo by Emily Miles
Ithaca Ten Thousand Villages Store is in Campus Center's North Foyer selling the most beautiful fair trade gifts (jewelry, scarves, chocolate, etc.)! They will be donating some of their proceeds to LIPS! Today and tomorrow 10am-3pm!
Hey Everyone.
This is the Doodle to sign up for a time slot for our fundraiser! Please pick a time and entire it into the Doodle! We need to fill this up by tomorrow.
Thanks!
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Make sure you come to our meeting tomorrow night at 7pm in Williams 218 to continue the conversation on student debt and the state of the economy.
Check out Buzzsaw magazine's amazing Occupy the Mic coverage:
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Labor Initiative in Promoting Solidarity at Ithaca College hosted “Occupy the Mic,” a speak-out event and discussion focusing on the student debt crisis in the United States. The philosophy of the event is simple: Over $190,000 – the total cost of attending Ithaca College fo...
Thank you everyone for coming out and speaking out at Occupy the Mic tonight! You truly moved us all.
Chris Zivalich combats the criticisms of our Occupy the Mic! event
We’ve been covering the Occupy Movement here at Buzzsaw for the past few months, and while it’s clear that many of the protesters have been advocating for an overhaul of the system, some students at Ithaca College are struggling to find a way that the movement directly relates to their lives. On Tue...
TUNE IN TO WICB AT 730PM TO HEAR MORE ABOUT OUR Occupy the Mic! EVENT!
http://www.buzzsawmag.org/2011/11/11/cola-demonstrates-to-support-tcat-workers/
On Friday, Nov. 11 at noon, students from the Cornell Organization for Labor Action gathered on Ho Plaza to raise awareness, through petitioning and educating, about the TCAT workers’ fight for a fair contract. The TCAT workers’ contract expired this year on Sept. 11; their new proposed contract wou...
Sign the petition!
We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to:
Awesome op-ed by Tompkins County Workers' Center!
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20111019/VIEWPOINTS02/110190312/What-Occupy-movement-means-all-Americans?odyssey=nav|head
After hearing about the Occupy Wall Street protests in Manhattan, we were intrigued about what the protests mean for the issues that are of driving concern to us: the economic and social inequality that we witness on a daily basis in Tompkins County and central New York. As a result, we decided to d...
Remember to take part in the conversation tomorrow at noon on the quad for the Ithaca College General Assembly!
Just uploaded our Occupy Ithaca College slideshow to the website. Check out the great photos we took at the rally yesterday.
LIPS occupies Ithaca College
On Wednesday, October 5, Ithaca residents gathered for the Occupy Wall Street solidarity rally at the Bank of America Alley entrance to the Commons. The crowd, which was estimated at about 250 at one point, mainly consisted of members of the working class and were mostly middle-aged, although it ran...
Check out our updated website to get your latest labor news!:
www.laborinitiative.org
If you missed us at the Student Organization Fair, check us out tomorrow at the Job, Internship, Volunteer Fair in Emerson Suites 5-7:30pm!
STUDENT ORG FAIR TODAY 10-3 WITH THE LABOR INITIATIVE. SEE YOU THERE.
You know your friends have all been jealous of you being in LIPS, tell them to come join us at the Organization Fair in Emerson Suites tomorrow from 10-3. And we'd love to see all of our previous members' shining faces as well!
Hi LIPS and LIPS friends! Just wanted to reiterate how proud I am of our efforts and great success at Ithaca College. You're amazing and I can't wait to hear about the great work you do this school year!
The Tompkins County Workers' Center 28th annual Labor Day Picnic is this Monday from 11 - 3 at Stewart Park... Who else is in???
Go Vermont!
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/26/vermont_poised_to_become_1st_state
Today Vermont is set to make history by becoming the first state in the nation to offer universal, single payer healthcare when Gov.Peter Shumlin signs its healthcare reform bill into law. The Vermont plan, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will attempt to stem rising medical ca
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