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Protest At the May 20th Trustees Meeting

No Business As Usual for CUNY Management and the Board of Trustees

Real Raises! Job Security! Contract Now!

Protest At the May 20th Trustees Meeting Protest At the May 20th Trustees Meeting The unionized faculty and staff of the City University of New York represented by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) disrupted the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting held at Bronx Community College on May 20, 2024 calling out CUNY management for their attempts to weaken the job security of thousands of faculty and staff. The 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff have worked 14 months with an expired contract. (Photo by Erik McGregor) The unionized faculty and staff of the City University of New York represented by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) disrupted the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting held at Bronx Community College on May 20, 2024 calling out CUNY management for their attempts to weaken the job security of thousands of faculty and staff. The 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff have worked 14 months with an expired contract. (Photo by Erik McGregor) The unionized faculty and staff of the City University of New York represented by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) disrupted the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting held at Bronx Community College on May 20, 2024 calling out CUNY management for their attempts to weaken the job security of thousands of faculty and staff. The 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff have worked 14 months with an expired contract. (Photo by Erik McGregor) The unionized faculty and staff of the City University of New York represented by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) disrupted the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting held at Bronx Community College on May 20, 2024 calling out CUNY management for their attempts to weaken the job security of thousands of faculty and staff. The 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff have worked 14 months with an expired contract. (Photo by Erik McGregor) The unionized faculty and staff of the City University of New York represented by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) disrupted the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting held at Bronx Community College on May 20, 2024 calling out CUNY management for their attempts to weaken the job security of thousands of faculty and staff. The 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff have worked 14 months with an expired contract. (Photo by Erik McGregor) The unionized faculty and staff of the City University of New York represented by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) disrupted the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting held at Bronx Community College on May 20, 2024 calling out CUNY management for their attempts to weaken the job security of thousands of faculty and staff. The 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff have worked 14 months with an expired contract. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
May 20, 2024

No Business As Usual for CUNY Management and the Board of Trustees

An 11th hour location change from Midtown to the Bronx didn’t stop over 140 PSC members from disrupting business as usual at the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting this Monday, May 20th at Bronx Community College. We’ve worked 15 months without a new contract and have resisted management attacks on…

May 6, 2024

Drop the Charges Against the CUNY Students and Employees Arrested at CCNY the Night of April 30

The Professional Staff Congress calls on the CUNY Chancellor to urge the District Attorney to drop the charges against the CUNY students and employees arrested the night of April 30 during the NYPD sweep of the CCNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Such demonstrations for Palestinian solidarity and divestment from Israel have…

May 1, 2024

Arrests at City College

Today is the first day back on campus for many of us after a spring recess that coincided with an escalation of student protest at home and nationwide. The PSC condemns in the strongest possible terms the militarized policing of campuses that is taking place across the country and in…

May 1, 2024

Unauthorized Sick-out

Dear Colleagues, On May 1, 2024, a group of PSC members who call themselves “CUNY on Strike” and have renamed themselves “CUNY Out Sick for Palestine” tweeted anonymously that they will proceed with an unauthorized sick-out on May 1, 2024. This coordinated sick-out is not sanctioned by the PSC and…

April 25, 2024

State Budget Results

Thanks to your last minute phone calls, activism, and support, we’ve closed the state budget fight in a stronger position than expected only a week ago. As it became clear that the Governor would prevail in her refusal to raise taxes on large corporations and ultra-wealthy New Yorkers, the outlook…

April 25, 2024

Statement on  Mayor Adams’s Executive Budget

Mayor Eric Adams released his Executive Budget for FY2025 on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.  PSC President James Davis released the following statement: "Mayor Adams’s Executive Budget does nothing to restore the $94 million in cuts that CUNY’s community colleges have endured since the start of his tenure. Enrollment continues to…

April 22, 2024

Statement on the Arrest of Students Demonstrating at Columbia University

The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, the union representing 30,000 City University of New York employees, joins fellow unionists and academics in condemning the recent actions of Columbia University administration to suppress student protest on April 18. The Columbia University AAUP chapter has rightly objected to their administration’s conduct before Congress and…

April 4, 2024

State and National Labor Leaders Urge CUNY to Expand Job Security for Adjuncts

Four prominent New York State and national labor leaders have joined the PSC in urging CUNY management to expand job security for adjunct faculty. Presidents Mario Cilento of the New York State AFL-CIO, Melinda Person of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), Irene Mulvey of the American Association of…

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