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The Ithaca College Contingent Faculty Union, which represents faculty in part-time positions and full-time contingent, ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the college in July. 

Contingent faculty at IC find solidarity in union as higher ed unionization increases

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • September 11, 2024
As Cornell University students traveled to Collegetown for the start of Fall 2024, many Cornell staff members headed to the picket lines. The UAW Local 2300 strike and Cornell graduate students’ unionization in Fall 2023 are recent instances of union negotiations or unionization in higher education that have captured national attention.
Ithaca College contingent faculty members celebrate as they reach an agreement with the administration regarding contracts during a bargaining session on March 27.

UPDATE: Contingent faculty union discloses details on contract

By Grace Elletson, News Editor • March 26, 2017
In the basement of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center at 11:15 p.m., the contingent faculty unions were at first silent, some faculty in disbelief.
Rachel Gunderson, instructor in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education, addresses media at a press conference that the contingent faculty unions will be filing an unfair labor practice lawsuit against Ithaca College.

Unfair labor lawsuit filed against Ithaca College

By Grace Elletson, News Editor • March 8, 2017
The Ithaca College contingent faculty unions announced March 8 that they will be filing an unfair labor practice lawsuit against the college.
The contingent faculty union members give a news conference Dec. 8 initially announcing the possibility of a strike vote.

Contingent faculty to hold strike vote on campus Feb. 13–14

By Grace Elletson, News Editor • February 8, 2017
The Ithaca College contingent faculty unions have announced they will hold an on-campus vote Feb.13–14 to authorize a strike.
Pictured above is a previous rally held for the contingent faculty unions. Since it was held on Oct. 19, the part time–faculty union has made progress in negotiations with the administration but still remain stuck on compensation — the one issue that might send them to strike.

Ithaca College prepares for possible contingent faculty strike

By Grace Elletson, News Editor • January 25, 2017
For over a year, the college has been in a bargaining battle with two contingent faculty unions and the prospect of a strike is looming.
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