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Members of the Ithaca community protest unfair working conditions for GreenStar workers during a picket Sept. 15. Employees from other local businesses are also in the process of forming unions.

Ithaca workers hope to unionize amid national movements

By Madison Fernandez, News Editor • October 30, 2019
Ithaca is often ranked as one of the most liberal cities in the United States but the community is not immune to labor rights issues.
Sophomore Haley Goetz, current programs director of VIC Radio, led part of the 31st annual 50-Hour Marathon to support charities. Goetz works as the programs director of VIC Radio

Mic drop: VIC Radio celebrates 50-Hour Marathon April 7-9

By Silas White, Staff Writer • April 12, 2017
Svante Myrick, mayor of the City of Ithaca, stopped by the VIC studio for an on-air interview at noon the following day.
Kim Blaha ’09, an employee at the GreenStar cooperative Market, the city's only co-operative grocery store, speaks to Debbie carmichael, an ithaca local and customer, Wednesday at the store on West Buffalo Street.

Ithaca celebrates its many co-ops during national co-op month

By Megan Devlin, Editor-in-Chief • October 24, 2013

October is National Co-op Month, and Ithaca has more than 80 years of cooperative history to motivate the community to continue expanding its co-op landscape. A cooperative, or “co-op,” is a legal...

Food Summit spreads food justice in Ithaca

By Kamara Williams, Contributing Writer • September 24, 2013
Students and community members gathered to enjoy the GreenStar Community Projects Food Justice Summit on Sept. 21 at the Southside Community Center at 305 S. Plain St.
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