Cornell graduate student union supports IC contingent faculty
We recognize that all labor actions by our colleagues and professors at Ithaca College are actions against the corporatization of higher education in the US.
We recognize that all labor actions by our colleagues and professors at Ithaca College are actions against the corporatization of higher education in the US.
Our teaching needs, and therefore our students’ interests, are best served by faculty working under just conditions.
Ithaca College and our department depend on their work every semester and this need is not likely to diminish in the foreseeable future.
The Ithaca College bargaining team is disappointed that the contingent faculty unions have announced that they have voted to authorize a strike.
The following presents a summary of the compensation model for part-time faculty that the union has proposed to the IC administration.
In Women’s and Gender Studies, we are entirely dependent on part-time faculty to cover our primary courses.
The Department of Art History writes to express our deep appreciation and support for our part-time and contingent faculty members.
In the event that part-time and contingent faculty hold a legal strike, the CSCRE will not seek to replace them in order to fill our instructional needs.
The college is committed to negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. The parties are meeting, and progress is occurring at each session.
If we are to realize fully IC’s vision of a “student-centered learning community,” we must ensure that all instructors are compensated equitably.
We call on the administration to ensure that adjunct faculty per-credit pay for teaching is equitably based on that of full-time contingent faculty.
The IC administration’s Walmart model of higher education does not sit well with many students, staff and faculty on this campus.