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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.