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Coalition Pushes for “Just Cause” Employment in Ithaca The campaign for “just cause” employment legislation in Ithaca continues. According to the Cornell Sun, the Ithaca Just Cause Coalition has been pushing Common Council to adopt their proposal and a working group on the matter is being formed. The coalition includes unions, nonprofits and businesses. The proposal would end “at will” employment in Ithaca. Under the proposed rule, employers would need to demonstrate that progressive steps were taken to address poor work performance before terminating an employee. Employers would also be able to fire people for illegal or dangerous behavior, or for economic reasons like loss of income. Employers who violate the rule would…
Youth Farm Project participants Stella Sapp-Dietrich and Etienne Exantus and Ray Hage Assistant Director of Cornell’s Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP) with Greta Garrison of the Youth Radio Project on WRFI.
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Listen to author Raul Palma in conversation with student organizers April Morales, Emily Trage, Riley Rhoder and Professor Jacob White. The 2024 New Voices Festival runs from April 24-26 at Ithaca College and in your community.
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What does community radio mean to you? We think this commercial-free, free-form, independent station helps make our listeners lives-and life in our communities-just a little better. We strive to make programing that opens ears, opens hearts, and leads us to ask important questions about our world. Even if it’s just to ask yourself, “What in…
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This is the last of my three stories about freedom of expression at Cornell University this year. Here are links to the first and second stories. The academic theme at Cornell this year is “Freedom of Expression.” In earlier stories, we reported about the general mood at Cornell around free speech, and students’ opinions about…
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The Tompkins County Health Department is alerting the public of a potential COVID-19 exposure at the Walmart in Ithaca. The exposure occurred on Monday, December 14, 2020, from 8:30am-6:30pm, and Tuesday, December 15, 2:00pm-12:00am. The health department recommends anyone who may have been exposed to the virus to monitor their health for any COVID-19 symptoms.…
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Native American and Indigenous Students at Cornell, or (NAISAC), are calling on Cornell University to make changes to support Indigenous students and acknowledge the university’s founding. WRFI News Intern Tessie Devlin reports.
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Tompkins County has yet to receive any doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine even though shipments around the state began on Tuesday. The Southern Tier region will receive 4,500 of the 170,000 doses available for distribution as of now. Cayuga Health Systems, or CHS, is expected to lead the vaccine distribution. Cayuga Medical Center spokesperson…
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The Tompkins County Health Department is alerting the public of potential COVID-19 exposures at the Ithaca Applebee’s, Tops Markets Bakery in Lansing, and on TCAT Bus Routes 14 and 30. The individuals who tested positive and close contacts identified are in quarantine. It was announced this afternoon by the Tompkins County Health Department that a…
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