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CONTRACTS PAST & PRESENT


ABOVE:  Contract rally on 4/19/05.


 

June 2006 Vote

Contract Ratified by 87% to 13% Vote. 

June 2, 2006:  More than 56% of those who were eligible voted; of the 6788 votes cast, 5902 were in favor of approving the contract; 886 were opposed.  Details.



SEPTEMBER 29th CONTRACT RALLY. Above:  A huge crowd overflows the Great Hall at Cooper Union, rejecting the austerity contract offer from 80th Street and vowing to do whatever is necessary to secure the contract CUNY needs and deserves.
Spring Semester '06 Statements on Negotiations
Nov. '05 -  March '06 Statements on Negotiations

Barbara Bowen's 9/29 Address
October 18th Contract Bulletin

More on the Contract Campaign
2002-05 Negotiations Timeline
Sept. 29 Photo Gallery
Call for fair contract by Legislators
Making Connections: Students & Contract

CONTRACT RALLY -- THEN AND NOW. Above: On October 5, 1972, over 1,000 PSC members rallied against threatened "productivity" increases and an austere contract proposed by management. The following January, by mail ballot, members approved a general policy of "no contract/ no work" by a vote of 3,836 to 577.  
 

LATEST CONTRACT
BULLETINS

Contract settlement
Spring Semester '06
updates
Nov. '05 thru March '06 updates

LETTER FROM
BARBARA BOWEN ON
 9/29 CONTRACT RALLY

September 2005 letter

AUTHORIZATION FOR
JOB ACTION REFERENDUM
At its May 26, 2005 meeting, the
PSC Delegate Assembly gave the
union's Executive Council "authority
to determine whether and when to
conduct a referendum" on a job action.
Click here for the resolution

DEFENSE FUND

Click below for March 31, 2005 Delegate
Assembly resolution creating
a PSC Union Defense Fund
As a printer friendly PDF document
As A Web Page

Click here for Clarion editorial by
Barbara Bowen on the defense fund

Enroll in the Defense Fund by clicking
here,* printing and then completing
the enrollment card and mailing it to:

 

PSC UNION DEFENSE FUND
DIRECT CONTRIBUTION CARD
25 West 43rd St./  5th Floor
New York, NY  10036

*The Defense Fund Enrollment Card is in PDF format, meaning
that you need Acrobat Reader to view it.  Most all
computers come with Acrobat Reader.  However if you
do not have it, you can download it by clicking the logo below
.

 

TV AD

Click here to download a TV spot
 for a fair contract playing on NY 1,
 CNN, NBC, CBS & ABC in late
April and early May.

PSC DA DECLARES A STATE OF
EMERGENCY IN CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS

Click here for the DA resolution

Click here for Clarion editorial by
Barbara Bowen on the resolution

"DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE:
PLAIN TALK ABOUT THE
CONTRACT"

Click here for article from the
May '05 Clarion

 TESTIMONY ON THE
CONTRACT BEFORE THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEEES

Click here for testimony by Steven London,
first VP of the PSC on May 16, 2005

2005 CONTRACT
BULLETINS

Nov. '05/ Dec. '05 updates

Oct. 18, 2005 update

June 2005 update

May 2005 Clarion update

April 22, 2005 bulletin

February 28/ March 1, 2005 bulletin

February 16, 2005 bulletin

January 5 & 24 bulletins

2004 CONTRACT
BULLETINS

December 20, 2004 bulletin.

December 4, 2004 bulletin.
(management's financial offer)

November bulletin
(Clarion article)

Click here for management's demands.
Posted November  9, 2003 on the PSC Website

September 2004 bulletin.

 
APRIL 19th CONTRACT RALLY.  Approximately 700 faculty & staff rallied in front of the 5th Ave. office of B.O.T. Chair Benno Schmidt. Click image for more pictures.

JOIN THE CONTRACT CAMPAIGN.
  You can join the contract campaign
by pledging to do one or more simple tasks.
Click here to sign-up online.

ESSENTIALS OF THE
CURRENT CONTRACT

The terms of the May 2002 contract are established in a Memorandum
of Understanding.  That Memorandum details the changes
in the old contract.  In other words, what is presently in
force are (1) the terms established by the Memorandum
 of Understanding and (2) all the provisions of the
the 1996-2000 contract not explicitly changed by the
Memorandum of Understanding


Memorandum of Understanding non-economic provisions
Memorandum of Understanding economic provisions
Salary Scales retroactive to 7/31/01
Previous Contract 1996-2000
May '02 Clarion current contract


May '02 Clarion

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THE 1996-2000 Contract

The full text of the 1996-2000 PSC-CUNY Contract is available as a PDF* file by clicking here.

The Salary Schedules are available as a separate web page.  (These salaries are superseded by those currently in effect and ratified in 2002)

A copy of the contract in booklet form has been sent to each PSC Member. If you are a member and did not receive your copy, please let us know.

For further information please call the PSC office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at 212/354-1252.

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