from ICN news reports

Thursday, December 7, join Terry Sharpe, President of UAW Local 2300, Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Pete Meyers from the Tompkins County Workers' Center, Debbie Minnick, President of Ithaca Paraprofessionals, and other local labor leaders to hear about a newly released report detailing the failings of New York State to adequately provide unemployment insurance to thousands of New Yorkers. Workers will also talk about their problems getting benefits when they have been laid off.

 The report, by the National Employment Law Project, “Down But Not Out: Reviving the Promise of Unemployment Insurance in New York,” is being released December 7 in New York City.  It details inequities in the system and outlines an action agenda for unemployment reform.

According to officials at UAW Local 2300, hundreds of low-wage workers representing educational institutions in Ithaca are denied unemployment benefits each year. Thursday's meeting will address the needs of these workers and more.

 The meeting will take place at UAW Local 2300, 110 N. Geneva Street, on the first floor. UAW Local 2300 represents Cornell University Service and Maintenance employees, Finger Lakes Library System employees, Ithaca Housing Authority Service and Maintenance employees, Tompkins County Public Library professional and support staff employees, and TCAT bus drivers and mechanics.