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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

The Student News Site of Ithaca College

THE ITHACAN

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.

Part time–faculty union ceases negotiations with administration

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor October 7, 2016
The part time–faculty union has announced it will not continue bargaining with the Ithaca College administration.
Contingent faculty held a teach-in Sept. 6 to educate the campus community about  their experiences working at Ithaca College and the unionization process.

Contingent faculty teach-in held to educate campus community

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer September 7, 2016
About 35 part- and full-time contingent faculty members and students at Ithaca College attended a teach-in presented by members of the contingent faculty union on Sept. 6 to hear updates on their experiences at the college and the unionization process.

Letter to the Editor: H&S senate support efforts to unionize

By H&S Faculty Senate May 4, 2016
We write to express our support for the efforts of the contingent faculty at Ithaca College — many of whom are housed in the School of Humanities and Sciences — to hold a vote upon whether or not to join the part-time faculty in unionizing.
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.
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.

Update: Ithaca College part-time faculty elect to unionize

By Max Denning, Assistant News Editor May 28, 2015
Ithaca College part-time faculty successfully elected to unionize May 28 with an overwhelming majority.

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.

Lawmaker sends letter in support of unionization to Ithaca College

By Max Denning, Online News Editor April 23, 2015
New York State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton sent a letter April 23 urging President Tom Rochon and the Ithaca College Board of Trustees to respect the right of Ithaca College part-time faculty to organize and vote to form a union.
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 statement, released on Intercom on behalf of President Tom Rochon and Linda Petrosino, interim provost and vice president for educational affairs says the college is neither pro-union or anti-union

Ithaca College releases statement regarding potential unionization

By Max Denning, Online News Editor April 17, 2015
Ithaca College has released a statement regarding the potential unionization of part-time faculty members.
From left, lecturers Robert Ziomkowski, Tom Schneller and Rachel Kaufman exit their meeting with President Tom Rochon.

Ithaca College part-time faculty to vote whether to unionize

By Max Denning, Online News Editor April 15, 2015
Ithaca College part-time faculty will vote in the coming weeks on whether to unionize, having filed their petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board on April 15.
Student organizers attempted to deliver a petition to President Tom Rochon in the Peggy Ryan Williams Center on April 15.

Ithaca College part-time faculty file for unionization

April 15, 2015
Ithaca College part-time faculty filed their petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize April 15.
Brody Burroughs,  part-time professor in the Department of Art, speaks to students and faculty at the Ithaca College Adjunct Organizing Committee teach-in on March 19.

Ithaca College part-time professors hold “teach-in”

By Aidan Quigley, Assistant News Editor March 23, 2015
The Ithaca College Adjunct Organizing Committee, a group of part-time professors who are leading a unionization effort for part-time faculty members, held a “teach-in” March 19 to address issues of adjuncts and part-time professors in higher education.
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