Tompkins Community Action is a CAA (Community Action Agency) founded by the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act to fight the War on Poverty. By all rights these agencies, which there are well over 1,000 in the US, are crucial to help our most vulnerable individuals, families, and children. Programs such as Head Start, Housing Choice Voucher Programs, Energy Services and the recent addition of Amici House addressing the needs of at risk homeless women and their children. The mission is incredibly important and altruistic.

The hard working members of IUPAT (International Union of Painters and Allied Trades) Local #11 play a vital role in these important community programs. The current three-year contract will expire on May 31^st 2019. Management at Tompkins Community Action is refusing to sit with Local #11 to negotiate a new contract. The Union has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the NLRB for their refusal to bargain in good faith with Local #11 members and their representatives. Why does management at Tompkins Community Action refuse to meet and discuss the new contract?

Please sign our petition if you feel that the members of IUPAT Local #11 deserve the respect of management at TCA to sit and discuss the upcoming contract!

Also, please join Local #11 and the Community for an Informational Demonstration to support these workers and to show management at TCA that they will not be pushed aside!

Who: Local #11 and Community Members.

When: May 23^rd and 24^th between 2:30pm and 6:30pm.

Where: Buttermilk Falls Plaza, 401 Elmira Rd. Ithaca NY

Why: An informational demonstration showing discontent for Management’s (TCA) refusal to negotiate a new contract with TCR Local #11.