Jimmy Jordan, Contributor
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LANSING, N.Y. — Workers at auto-parts manufacturer BorgWarner’s Lansing plant voted down a labor contract offer from the company on Friday, setting the stage for a strike on Sunday. About […] The post Workers at BorgWarner poised to strike Sunday after voting down contract offer appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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Members of the United Auto Workers Local 2300 approved a new contract with Cornell University that will deliver major wage increases to workers and officially end a strike that heavily disrupted the Ivy League school.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — More than 70 workers at GreenStar Food Co+op’s flagship store on Cascadilla Street voted on Wednesday to unionize with Workers United in a National Labor Relations Board […] The post GreenStar workers vote to unionize co-op’s main store, Dewitt Mall location intends to follow suit appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The United Auto Workers of America and Cornell University reached a tentative agreement on a four-year labor contract, the union announced late Tuesday night, marking a potential […] The post UAW and Cornell reach tentative contract agreement, strike could end next week appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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Instead, students will receive boxed to-go lunches between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. as part of their meal plans at specific residential halls, cafes and retail locations.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A committee of Common Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to override the local tax levy limit established by New York State law. The decision to do so, […] The post Council appears poised to pass law to override state tax levy limit appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Workers at Cornell University represented by the United Auto Workers began to strike Sunday night, the effects of which have reverberated across the Ivy League school’s campus as it scrambles to find people to plug up its staffing shortage. UAW officials started the strike the night before thousands of new students were…
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UAW Local 2300 President Christine Johnson announced the strike on Sunday to dozens of workers and supporters that rallied outside the Cornell CISER building, where Johnson and other union officials had bargained for hours with Cornell representatives.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — As thousands of students prepare to arrive at Cornell University for the start of the fall semester, the United Auto Workers announced on Thursday that Cornell workers — including cafeteria workers, custodians, groundskeepers and more — overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if necessary. The result of the authorization vote comes after…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A petition to bring ranked-choice voting and open primaries to a referendum in the City of Ithaca was denied by the Ithaca City Clerk, but the effort has spurred the Common Council to explore the election reforms in a working group. The two election reforms could have appeared on the November ballot,…