Negotiations Committee

The Committee on Contract Negotiations, “the bargaining team,” has primary responsibility for negotiating the collective bargaining agreement that covers salaries, workload and other terms and conditions of employment for faculty and staff at CUNY. The bargaining team is a subcommittee of the union’s Executive Council; it is responsible for developing initial contract proposals and negotiating the collective bargaining agreement with the University. Both the proposals and the final agreement are subject to approval, first by the Executive Council and then by the Delegate Assembly. In addition, the final agreement is tentative until it is ratified by the membership and approved by the CUNY Board of Trustees.

The PSC also negotiates collective bargaining agreements for the workers the union represents at the CUNY Research Foundation. Special bargaining teams composed of Research Foundation members lead these negotiations

The contract demands for the upcoming PSC-CUNY contract, developed after consultation with the chapters and approved by the Delegate Assembly at its 11/4/10 meeting, are available in a supplement published in the December 2010 Clarion.

Get involved in the negotiations:

Join the Committee of 1000

Attend a campus chapter meeting

Recent Committee Posts

  • Contract Negotiations Update

    The PSC leadership continues to focus intently on contract negotiations.

  • Questions and Answers on the Contract

    PSC President Barbara Bowen responds to members’ questions.


    What’s happening with the contract?

    We have begun negotiations with CUNY for a new contract, but CUNY has not made an economic offer. With no money on the table, the PSC can – and has – made progress on non-economic issues, but we cannot negotiate seriously on the big economic items such as salary increases and a more reasonable teaching load until CUNY comes forward with an offer.

  • Paid Parental Leave Renewed

    An agreement between the PSC and CUNY means that funding for this benefit will continue past December 31. Across CUNY, parents-to-be welcomed the news.

    Parents and children who took advantage of the leave benefit at a celebration at the PSC Union Hall.
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  • "I want my CUNY back" -- Faculty, staff, students rally on May 5th

    Faculty, staff and students from the City University of New York (CUNY) marched from City Hall to Borough of Manhattan Community College on May 5 to oppose cuts to CUNY’s budget and demand a union contract that allows university faculty and staff to do their best work for students. After a rally at City Hall, 700 people marched to BMCC, where the crowd grew to about a thousand.

  • Be There on May 5th

    The moment has come for a public demonstration of support for our vision of CUNY and for the contract we need to make that vision real.

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    The PSC has called for a major demonstration on May 5. CUNY faculty, staff and students will gather at City Hall on Thursday, May 5 at 4:00 pm, and march from there to Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) on Chambers Street. We will be demanding a good contract, an end to economic austerity for CUNY, and a restoration of CUNY’s public funding.

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