Ithaca College Adjunct Union Mulls Spring Strike Over Pay

by Alyvia Covert The cold wind and beginning flurries Thursday afternoon did not prevent contingent faculty members at Ithaca College from rallying outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Center, as they called in unison: “equal pay for equal work.” In May 2015, part-time faculty at the college passed a vote to form a union in an attempt to fight for equal wages and improved job security. More than 18 months later, the same union is still fighting, asking the administration to “commit to the fair and non-discriminatory principles of equal pay for equal work going forward,” as stated in their proposal. The […]