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Senior Taylor Ford is a member of Students for Labor Action at Ithaca College, which has held teach-ins in conjunction with part-time and contingent faculty to discuss their unionization efforts.

Commentary: Helping teachers helps students

By Taylor Ford • October 4, 2016
There is also another powerful reason for us to reconsider the way that we treat our part-time faculty: our experience, as students.
Members of the Ithaca College part time–faculty union walked out of negotiations with the administration Sept. 23 after receiving what they said was a disappointing counterproposal on compensation. On Dec. 8, the union announced that it may hold a strike vote at the beginning of next semester.

Update: IC part time–faculty union, administration far apart in talks

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor • September 23, 2016
“We’ve had dialogue about the issues,” Burroughs said. “They’re either stalling or not doing their work, and we’re not going to tolerate that.”
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