[ShareTompkins] Fwd: WE NEED YOUR HELP! 'Wage Theft' Days of Action

[Ari Evergreen]

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> From: Tompkins County Workers' Center <TCWRH at tcworkerscenter.org>
> Date: November 17, 2011 11:48:46 AM EST
> To: ari at shirari.com
> Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP! 'Wage Theft' Days of Action
> Reply-To: TCWRH at tcworkerscenter.org
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> (ITHACA) The Tompkins County Workers' Center and the Labor-Religion Coalition of the Finger Lakes has answered the call from Interfaith Worker Justice to participate in its National Wage Theft Days of Action, helping to create a more just workplace, locally, and throughout the State of New York. We invite our members and supporters of the 'Community Union' to participate in this new campaign
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> How does our National Wage Theft Days of Action campaign work? The idea is for you to connect with workers in establishments where you shop, where you eat, where you buy anything, where you visit loved ones. We have a simple brochure for you to give out: The 8 1/2 by 11 sheet, folded in four ways, educates workers in the following areas:
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> what the laws are regarding wages for all workers, including restaurant workers;
> lets workers know who to contact to get support, referrals, assistance, and organizing possibilities either at the Tompkins County Workers' Center or other agencies;
> detailed information about the Wage Theft Prevention Act, the nation's strongest Wage Theft law, in effect in NY as of 4/11;
> a sample time sheet to encourage workers to keep track of their hours and pay information rather than relying solely on their employer to do so.
> The National Wage Theft Days of Action augments our ongoing work with the Workers' Rights Hotline (http://www.tcworkerscenter.org/worker-advocacy/workers-rights-hotline/), which helps workers with every and any issue of contention in the workplace. We connect with close to 300 people a year, and have won judgments in favor of workers for approximately $1.125 million. We believe that handing out a Workers' Rights brochure to service and retail workers where we go, wherever we shop, is a great way to inform workers of their rights and to encourage them to do something about it. Get Up, Stand Up!
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> We encourage you to consider being a part of this ongoing campaign by clicking on the following link, making copies, and taking them with you wherever you get service and/or purchase anything. If you would like, the Tompkins County Workers' Center will send you as many copies of the brochure as you thnk you need.
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> https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/200/images/Wage Theft.Workers Rights Flyer.pdf
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> If you are willing to be a part of this campaign, please contact us either by responding to this email or by calling our office at 607-269-0409. If you live in another part of the state, please feel free to transpose your own information into the flyer, or go ahead and use ours.
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