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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan

Ithaca College budget for 2017–18 sees decrease from last year

By Sophia Adamucci, Assistant News Editor • March 8, 2017
The approved 2017–18 revenue budget is $234.5 million, which was announced on Intercom March 7.
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.”
Professors at Ithaca College are paid less than their counterparts at similar four-year private colleges in New York state, according to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Ithaca College faculty are paid less than at other institutions

By Madeline Lester, Staff Writer • April 28, 2016
Professors at Ithaca College are paid less than their counterparts at similar four-year private colleges in New York state. Despite this data, some faculty and administrators believe it is not fair to compare these other institutions in New York state to the college.
Ithaca College part-time faculty and students from Students for Labor Action pose for a photo outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Center, after the part-time faculty met with Ithaca College administrators April 15.

Part-time faculty union faces some pushback in negotiations

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • March 23, 2016
“Right now, we have people in our membership who are single mothers, on welfare, on food stamps, barely making ends meet, who don’t know if they’re going to be hired next semester,” Graham said.
Chris McNamara, Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinic Director in the physical therapy department, updated Faculty Council on the progress of the Shared Governance Task Force at the March 1 meeting. The part-time faculty union contract and the proposed changes to the Meal and Entertainment Policy were also discussed.

Faculty Council to create committee to address union concerns

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • March 9, 2016
Faculty Council has decided to create a task force to gather more information after a group of part-time faculty spoke to the council about issues with negotiating their union contract with the Ithaca College administration.
Members of the student protest group POC at IC continued their occupation of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center Dec. 10. As of 8:30 p.m., 50 members and supporters of the student group continued to occupy the first, second and third floors of the building.

POC at IC occupies Peggy Ryan Williams Center for fourth day

By Parita Desai, Staff Writer • December 10, 2015
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon was intersected and questioned while on his way out of the building by a student at around 6:20 p.m.
Peter Rothbart, chair of Faculty Council, speaks during the Nov. 10 meeting where the council decided to exclude part-time faculty members from the faculty vote of no-confidence.

Part-time faculty want to be a part of no-confidence vote

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • November 18, 2015
Ithaca College part-time faculty have expressed disappointment about being excluded from the vote of no confidence in President Tom Rochon to be held by Faculty Council and have been in conversation to initiate their own vote.

Part-time faculty union begins bargaining with administration

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • November 4, 2015
The Ithaca College part-time faculty bargaining committee and the administration discussed the committee’s goals at their first bargaining session Oct. 20.
Ithaca College part-time faculty and students from Students for Labor Action pose for a photo outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Center, after the part-time faculty met with Ithaca College administrators April 15. Tommy Battistelli/The Ithacan

Ithaca College part-time faculty prepare for union contract negotiations

By Max Denning, Assistant News Editor • August 24, 2015
After electing to unionize in May, Ithaca College part-time faculty members have identified increased compensation as a major priority heading into negotiations after spending the summer forming a bargaining committee.

Full-time faculty petition against administration union site

By Kayla Dwyer, News Editor • April 29, 2015
A petition is being circulated among Ithaca College full-time faculty asking the administration to edit the union election informational website it created to be more in line with the statement that the college is “neither anti-union nor pro-union,” which the college claims on the same website. As of 8 p.m. Thursday the petition was signed by 105 people.
Ithaca College part-time faculty and student supporters pose for a photo outside of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center April 15, following a meeting with Ithaca College administration.

NLRB sets date for Ithaca College part-time faculty union election

By Max Denning, Online News Editor • April 22, 2015
The National Labor Relations Board has finalized the date for Ithaca College’s part-time faculty unionization election, which Linda Petrosino, interim provost for educational affairs, detailed in a letter to part-time faculty April 22.
The proportion part-time faculty represented of all teaching faculty at degree granting institutions over time.

A look at unions on college campuses: locally and nationwide

By Aidan Quigley and Natalie Shanklin • March 5, 2015
The Ithacan's three-part package on unionization on college campuses: Part One: Colleges weigh-in on value of unions Part Two: Part-time faculty across the nation move toward unionization Part Three: Colleges increase use of adjunct faculty as their role evolves
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