Wage Theft Skewered at Labor Day Picnic; Workers’ Center Becomes 11th Workers’ Center, Nationally, to Affiliate with AFL-CIO

from the Ithaca Journal: ITHACA — Employees were toasted and their employers roasted along with about 1,000 hamburgers, hot dogs and sausages at the annual Labor Day picnic in Stewart Park Monday. http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909070350 A couple hundred people from all walks of life gathered near the main pavilion to partake in politics and potato salad as [...]

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Hotel Tax Giveaway Delayed by County IDA; Sufficient Concern on Issues of Living Wage/Local Labor/Health and Safety Sited as Concerns

Whether or not to approve tax abatements of $1.0445 million ($929,500 sales; $115,000 mortgage) for a deluxe new hotel in Ithaca, Hotel Ithaca, was delayed Friday, September 4th, as 15 members of the Workers’ Center were able to raise sufficient concern at the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) about a number of issues surrounding [...]

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