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The March prepares to enter the BP oil refinery in Whiting, IN.

Oil workers on strike

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer February 9, 2015
Just yesterday, about 1,400 workers from two more oil refineries — BP's Whiting and Toledo, Ohio operations — joined the strike, now 11 refineries strong. The Climate March walked through both of these refineries. I imagine some of the very same workers we spoke to in Whiting are now risking their livelihood to demand better working conditions.
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.
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