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From left, Megan Graham and Sarah Grunberg, members of the contingent faculty union, speak at a news conference March 9.

Commentary: College’s action against contingent faculty impacts students

By Erin Francisco, Megan Graham, and Sarah Grunberg • April 19, 2017
By firing these three professors, the administration has communicated once again that it does not have the best interests of students in mind.
Assistant professor Megan Graham speaks during a silent protest March 2 outside the Emerson Suites. Graham writes about the three professors in the faculty union at the helm of a labor lawsuit alleging that the college fired them for their participation in the faculty union.

Commentary: Labor lawsuit against college remains active

By Megan Graham • April 5, 2017
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.
Over 50 Ithaca College faculty members and students gathered April 14 in Job 160 for a teach-in about working conditions for part-time and full-time contingent faculty at the college, as well as the movement to join the union, which part-time faculty are a part of.

Ithaca College contingent and part-time faculty hold teach-in

By Evan Popp, Staff writer • April 15, 2016
“I was in an office with another part-timer at one point, and I had received word that I had a contract for the next semester, and she didn't, and she was a mother, and she said to me ‘I have no idea what I’m going to do now. I have to start applying for jobs,’” Grunberg said.
Ithaca College full-time contingent faculty members and supporters pose in front of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center April 7 following a meeting with administration.

Full-time contingent faculty’s union request denied

By Michael Pyskaty and Sophia Tulp • April 7, 2016
Members of the Ithaca College administration have denied a request by full-time contingent faculty to join the existing part-time faculty union.
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