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On December 5, 2013, activists for the Tompkins County Workers' Center and Cornell Organization for Labor Action (COLA) gathered at McDonald's for a flash mob in protest of low wages.

Protest for Living Wage at Ithaca McDonald’s

By Stephen Adams, Multimedia Reporter • December 6, 2013
Cornell University students and activists from the Tompkins County Workers’ Center were told to leave the McDonald’s located on Triphammer Road after holding a “flash mob” Dec. 5 to protest low worker wages.
The Tompkins County Workers Center leads a rally for the living wage on Tuesday afternoon, outside the Tompkins County Legislature

Workers’ Center rallies for the Living Wage

By Sage Daugherty, Online News Editor • September 18, 2013
The Tompkins County Workers' Center leads a rally for the living wage on Tuesday afternoon, outside the Tompkins County Legislature

City adds policy to combat sweatshops

By Reid Elsass, Contributing Writer • September 21, 2011
Students and citizens of the City of Ithaca have come together to unanimously pass the Sweatshop Free Initiative, a campaign to fight inhumane working conditions, backed by Cornell University’s Organization for Labor Action. Effective Jan. 1 2012, the city will take steps to ensure that all city purchases of apparel and textiles totalling more than…
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