Workers’ Center and Local Restaurants (Plum Tree/Sushi o Sake) Announce Settlement and Community Responsibility Agreements

After many months of negotiations, the Tompkins County Workers’ Center has reached a settlement of a longstanding labor dispute with Plum Tree and Sushi o Sake Japanese Restaurants in Ithaca. As part of the settlement the restaurants have signed a Community Responsibility Agreement (CRA) that sets a new standard for worker rights in the restaurant [...]

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ACTION NEEDED (by May 20th): WIC Program Threatened With Cutoff from Tompkins County Health Department,

There is a Resolution currently being considered by the Tompkins County Legislature which recommends that the County Health Department discontinue its’ sponsorship of the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Program here in Tompkins County. The Health Department has sponsored the WIC program for the past 28 years. WIC is a federal and state funded program [...]

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