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Residents, labor organizers press Ithaca council to pass "just cause" job protections; councilors pledge to continue work
Summary
Dozens of residents, labor organizers and service providers urged the Ithaca Common Council to adopt local "just cause" protections for workers amid federal changes to labor enforcement; several councilors said they will work to bring forward a draft ordinance.
Dozens of speakers urged the Ithaca Common Council on March 5 to pass local "just cause" labor protections that would restrict at-will employment and create a local workers' rights process to hear wrongful-termination complaints.
Speakers representing worker organizations, community groups and mental-health providers described repeated instances of alleged unjust termination in Ithaca and urged the council to act now as federal labor enforcement faces staffing and policy changes. "Just cause keeps people from falling through the cracks," said Will McMahon, a professional labor organizer who described a recent case in which such protections allowed a pregnant…
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