Edwin J. Viera, Public News Service A new study found minimum wage increases have little or no impact on job loss. The Economic Policy Institute study comes as federal lawmakers consider raising the minimum wage. The New York Legislature considered a bill to raise the state’s $15 hourly minimum wage over the next three years…
ITHACA, N.Y. — A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge ruled that two Ithaca Starbucks stores were improperly shut down last year and ordered the company to reopen them. Administrative […] The post NLRB judge orders two more Ithaca Starbucks to reopen appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger farms, has an impact on communities and knowing where your food comes from.
Edwin J. Viera, Public News Service A federal bill could spell trouble for New York farmers. The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act would remove local and state governments’ power to enact policies affecting farms. Studies show it could spell the end for more than 1,000 public health, safety and welfare laws. Michael Chameides, a member…
ITHACA, N.Y. — Workers at auto-parts manufacturer BorgWarner will remain on strike after they voted to reject a tentative agreement on Friday. The strike is now in its sixth day. […] The post BorgWarner workers reject second labor contract offer, strike to continue appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
With chronic high unemployment, industry losses and a declining population, Edgecombe leaders hope Natron battery plant will spark renewal. Can battery plant jump-start Edgecombe County’s sputtering economy? is a story from Carolina Public Press…
La Tourelle Hotel and Spa, set on 15 acres of farmland on Ithaca’s South Hill, was purchased this spring by a group of mostly Cornell University alumni after being owned and managed by the Wiggins family since the late 1980s.
On Friday, Alicia Velasquez and Julieta Rodriguez stood in line with hundreds of other parents at Fordham Plaza in the Bronx for an event sponsored by Fordham University and borough elected leaders so local children could pick up free backpacks and school supplies. Like so many in New York, these two mothers are caught in…
The Department of Commerce announced that it approved the commonwealth’s initial proposal for money from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program (BEAD). Virginia can request about $1.48 billion in its quest to deliver the internet statewide.
As South Carolina seeks to become a hub for electric vehicles and batteries, the technical college system finds itself juggling the startup for a swarm of programs to train residents for high paying jobs in the industry.