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The unionized faculty and staff of the City University of New York represented by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) organized a demonstration outside Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson's Investment Bank at 100 Wall Street in Manhattan on June 28, 2024 to hold him accountable for CUNY's attacks on job security and governance, and to make sure he knows that he needs to tell his bargain team to change course and agree to a fair contract with real raises. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Erik McGregor

PSC Members, Students to CUNY Board Chair Bill Thompson:

‘Contract Now!’

75 PSC members and CUNY students rallied the morning of Friday, June 28 outside Siebert Williams Shank & Co., the Wall Street Investment Bank where CUNY Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson serves as Chief Administrative Officer.

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Bargaining Update 23

With forty PSC members observing, the PSC Bargaining Team returned to the table on June 17, putting forward a proposal for a new fund to be administered by the union, to which Associate Professors could apply for 3 hours of reassigned time. The union also presented counter proposals related to PSC-CUNY Research Awards and the length of a teaching observation.

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Paul Frangipane

Will the admin protect us?

Christopher Stone is an associate professor of Arabic at Hunter College. This article was originally delivered as testimony to the Board of Trustees in April.

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News & Events
June 28, 2024

Reductions to the City University of New York Remain in the NYC Budget

June 28, 2024 Today’s handshake agreement announced a restoration of $15 million in operating support for community colleges. But the restorations don't offset the Mayor's $95 million previous cuts.  Given…

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News & Events
June 28, 2024

PSC Members, Students to CUNY Board Chair Bill Thompson: ‘Contract Now!’

75 PSC members and CUNY students rallied the morning of Friday, June 28 outside Siebert Williams Shank & Co., the Wall Street Investment Bank where CUNY Board of Trustees Chair…

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News & Events
June 28, 2024

PSC-CUNY Remote Work Agreement Extended Through June 2025

The PSC has secured an agreement with CUNY to extend the current remote work agreement through June 30, 2025 while negotiations continue about the future of remote work for PSC members. The…

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This Week in the PSC
June 25, 2024

Bargaining Update 23 | Contract Now Demonstration, 100 Wall St.

Contract Now Demonstration at 100 Wall Street Friday, June 28, 9:00-10:00 AM Join a morning demonstration outside Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson’s Wall Street Investment Bank. We'll hold Thompson…

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June 20, 2024

Hundreds of New Yorkers Rally for A Peoples Budget

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Events

Contract Bargaining Session

July 3, 2024 · 11:00 am — 2:00 pm

Orientation to PSC-CUNY Bargaining

July 9, 2024 · 6:30 pm

Weekly Contract Phone Zap

July 10, 2024 · 12:00 pm — August 21, 2024

Delegate Assembly Meeting

September 19, 2024 · 6:30 pm — 9:00 pm

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Update - May 2024

Retirees win again!

The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court upheld the August 2023 ruling issued by Judge Lyle Frank in a suit brought by the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees. Frank’s ruling blocked the Adams administration from forcing the City’s 250,000 municipal retirees out of traditional Medicare and into a Medicare Advantage plan.
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June 2024 Clarion

Members confront the CUNY Board of Trustees to demand a fair and just contract.

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PENSIONS LAWSUIT

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The PSC is suing CUNY on behalf of our members because the administration has failed to properly deduct and submit pension contributions for hundreds of PSC members.

Op-ed in the New York Daily News

Professor Celia Sporer, Queensborough Community College: CUNY must fix its pension mess - City University is being sued by its faculty for not correctly paying into the retirement system

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Pension Issues, PSC’s Pension Lawsuit against CUNY, and how to make sure CUNY makes the correct pension contributions for you

About PSC-CUNY

A Forceful Advocate

The Professional Staff Congress is the union that represents 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York and the CUNY Research Foundation. We are dedicated to advancing the professional lives of our members, enhancing their terms and conditions of employment, and maintaining the strength and educational excellence of the nation’s largest urban public university.

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