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.

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.

The Ithaca College contingent faculty unions announced March 8 that they will be filing an unfair labor practice lawsuit against the college.

The Ithaca College contingent faculty unions have announced they will hold an on-campus vote Feb.13–14 to authorize a strike.

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.