03-25-2026 Wrongful Discharge and Labor Protections Special Committee

Special Committee on Wrongful Discharge and Labor Protections, City of Ithaca Common Council · March 26, 2026

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Opening and agenda

Presentation

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Committee Chair Alde(person) Jorge Difundini opened the special committee, reviewed the agenda (presentations, public comment, deliberation), explained emergency/evacuation procedures and public comment rules (speakers called in order; microphone use; email follow-ups).

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A March 25 special committee meeting in Ithaca heard competing testimony on a proposed shift from at-will employment to just-cause/wrongful-discharge protections, with business groups urging more study and worker groups pressing to cover graduate fellows; the committee voted to seek more data, invite outside experts and adjust its stakeholder schedule.

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