OCTOBER 30, 2007
Contract Rally

Mass Meeting for a Fair Contract.  “We are here tonight to call not just for a new contract at CUNY, but for a new kind of contract: one that provides the conditions we need to do our jobs, a contract that enables CUNY to fulfill its historic mission for the people of New York,” PSC President Dr. Barbara Bowen told the assembled crowd at a mass rally at Cooper Union's Great Hall on Tuesday, October 30th.  More.

Anne Friedman, VP for Community
Colleges, opens the rally.

Steve London, PSC First VP, speaks on
how CUNY salaries can't compete nationally.
Click here to see charts & data on salary
erosion and here for VP London's analysis.

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Seven speakers (below), representing faculty and professional staff, gave voice to a range of campus issues: competitive salaries, adjunct equity, paid parental-leave, HEO job security, opposition to management's proposal to remove chairs from the bargaining unit -- and more.  Click here to read their remarks at the mass rally.

Marcia Newfield, BMCC
PSC VP for Part-timers

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Audience in sync with strategic plan
presented by Barbara Bowen...

..and Barbara Bowen, PSC president, in sync with audience.
[Click here for Bowen's speech.]

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MEMBERS' VOICES:  Comments from the floor (from left to right below) by Mike Vozick, Michael Seitz, Lorraine Cohen and Heather Cottin.

THE WAY FORWARD:  The meeting ended with a discussion of how we move forward led by (from left to right below) Arthurine Desola (PSC Secretaty), Mike Fabricant (PSC Treasurer) and Executive Council Members Diane Menna and Iris DeLutro.

PICTURE CREDITS:  All the pictures above were taken by Greg Dunkel except for the the very top overview picture and those of Dianne Menna and Mike Vozick (taken by Bill Friedheim).

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