Bargaining Update 24
At the July 3 bargaining session, with nearly forty members observing, the union and management agreed that progress had been made toward the costing of the contract. Proposed changes to the PSC-CUNY Research Awards were discussed, and the parties exchanged counter offers related to salary increases that accompany promotion or reclassification and colleges’ ability to offer salaries above base. Our bargaining team pushed for additional bargaining dates. We now have July 18th at 12:00 PM scheduled and four dates in August. Read the full update.
Summer Campaigns
Make fighting for a Fair Contract for A People’s CUNY part of your summer plans:
Observe Contract Bargaining
The next PSC-CUNY bargaining session is Thursday, July 18th. PSC members who have attended the online orientation will be invited to attend. All dues-paying members are welcome to observe, after they have attended the online orientation. Your next opportunities to attend an orientation will be:
• Tuesday, July 9, 6:30-7:30 PM. Register here for the 7/9 Zoom.
• Thursday, August 8, 6:30-7:30 PM. Register here for the 8/8 Zoom.
Sign up for the Wednesday, July 10th Phone & Social Media Zap
The phone Zaps targeting the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees will continue this week and on Wednesdays throughout the summer. Sign up here to join us this Wednesday, July 10 at 12:00 PM. We’ll log on to a Zoom meeting, review our script and social media messages, and then make calls and social media posts demanding that CUNY withdraw the proposed bylaw changes and settle a fair contract. You can sign up for Wednesday, July 10 or any subsequent summer Wednesday Zap here.
RSVP: PHONE/SOCIAL MEDIA ZAPS
Visit the Summer Campaigns web page to get involved in the PSC’s Summer Membership Drive, the One-on-One Conversations Committee, and more.
Member Benefits and Discounts
Dues-paying PSC members can access free services and discounts provided by the PSC and our state and national affiliates, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Financial services and counseling, legal services, insurance at discount rates, and discount programs for consumer goods, entertainment and services are all available. See the NYSUT, AFT and PSC member benefits pages for more information.
Launching a New Higher Education Campaign at the 2024 AFT Convention
PSC will send delegates to the 2024 biennial AFT convention later this month, where they will help to launch a new national campaign – Real Solutions for Higher Education. Focused on access and affordability for students and security and academic freedom for workers, and based in the AFT’s growing Higher Education division, this campaign is modeled on the Real Solutions for Kids and Communities campaign that addresses pre-K – 12 issues.
Bargaining Update 24
Bargaining Update 24: At the July 3 bargaining session, with nearly forty members observing, the union and management agreed that progress had been made toward the costing of the contract. Proposed changes to the PSC-CUNY Research Awards were discussed, and the parties exchanged counter offers related to salary increases that…
PSC Members, Students to Bill Thompson: ‘Contract Now!’
Seventy-five PSC members and CUNY students rallied Friday morning outside the Wall Street investment bank where CUNY Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson serves as chief administrative officer. Hundreds of passersby took leaflets urging them to call Thompson at work and tweet at Chancellor Matos Rodríguez to demand that CUNY…
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 accountable for CUNY’s attacks on job security and governance, and make sure he knows that we expect him to tell…
Bargaining Updates 21-22 | Summer Campaigns
CUNY management remains obstinate about job security, governance, and fair pay. So, bargaining and our pressure campaign must intensify. The Chancellor and the Trustees will get no break while 30,000 faculty and staff have an expired contract! Make fighting for a Fair Contract for A People’s CUNY part of your…
Funding, not cutting, CUNY is a wise investment
New Yorkers know that CUNY is one the city’s best supporters of economic mobility, broad prosperity and strong public institutions, so it’s confounding why the Mayor has chopped nearly $100 million from the university’s budget. Cuts to CUNY are unacceptable and will hurt the future of New York. If the…
Bargaining Update 20 | Win at Arbitration
The union has been vindicated in a grievance related to faculty promotions and governance dating back to 2019. Ruth Moscovitch, of the American Arbitration Association, ruled that LaGuardia Community College violated the PSC-CUNY Contract and the CUNY Bylaws when it changed the word “Summary” to the word “Leadership” under the…
Now do CUNY
Mayor Adams is backing off some of his cuts to K-12 schools. Is he finally listening to constituents, budget experts and the City Council? His attacks on education are unnecessary and hurt the New Yorkers he was elected to serve. Libraries, 3-K and other public services should also be restored,…
PSC has endorsed Council Member Chi Ossé’s FARE Act
PSC President James Davis released the following statement: "PSC-CUNY has voted to endorse Council Member Chi Ossé's FARE Act, a bill that would require the party who hires an apartment rental broker to also pay the broker fee. Rent and associated living costs continue to rise across New York City;…
Bargaining Update 19 | 3 NYC Budget Actions
New York City’s budget deadline is a month away. The PSC’s Legislation Committee is organizing to shore up our champions in the City Council, restore the Mayor’s cuts to community colleges, and win new targeted investments for our students and community colleges. Here’s how to help: Write Your NYC Council Member…
The CUNY Experiment
Like so much about New York City politics, the fates of the various Gaza solidarity encampments that sprang up throughout the city in recent weeks were in part a question of real estate. At the New School, which has no outdoor campus, protesters needed to set up the encampment indoors…
