Commentary: Labor lawsuit against college remains active
Never knowing if we will be brought back from one year to another makes it hard to plan our lives and fully support our students and our families.
Never knowing if we will be brought back from one year to another makes it hard to plan our lives and fully support our students and our families.
It’s clear that dragging out negotiations with the current administration beyond the grueling 17-month process would have accomplished little more.
The Ithaca College contingent faculty union is currently celebrating a victory: a first-time contract with the college.
The Ithaca College bargaining committee has posted the most comprehensive wage and job security proposal for the contingent faculty unions to date.
Students for Labor Action hung a banner outside of Emerson Suites which was hosting Ed Tech Day March 23.
Instead of seriously engaging with our proposals, our leadership has tried to clamp down on the prospect of progress at IC through intimidation.
Students, faculty and staff received an email from the administration on March 10 with details about a possible strike.
To reiterate, there is nothing in the letter that is intended to limit free speech or is contrary to existing policies at Ithaca College.
We challenge Chief Kerry to produce evidence that traffic was stopped because the entrance to the college was blocked by protesters.
On February 24, the college made a proposal to the part-time unit to increase compensation by 14.3% over four years.
As usual, the administration has released information about the bargaining process that contains several misleading or outright false statements.
The union has decided not to release the total number of votes cast because we do not intend to play into the hand of the administration.