PSC members await retro, bonus pay
The Chief: Members of the Professional Staff Congress at CUNY are frustrated that, three months after ratifying their contract, they still haven’t received their ratification bonuses, retroactive pay or raises. The union’s rank and file ratified the pact, which provides a $3,000 ratification bonus and two retroactive 3-percent raises, on…
Pay Us Now! Picket Tuesday | No ICE/DHS on Campus
The State is awaiting final information from CUNY that is needed to process our back pay, bonuses, and raises. Some delay was expected and typical but we are not living in typical times! Our last raises were in November 2022, and it’s infuriating that CUNY management has not completed the…
Tens of thousands of NYers say “Hands Off!” | Immigrant Solidarity Meeting Tonight
Over a million people took to the streets on Saturday to stand against Trump, Musk, and the other billionaire oligarchs they represent. Hundreds of PSC members joined tens of thousands of New Yorkers who marched through midtown to oppose MAGA’s bigotry and xenophobia, defend our colleges and students and shout…
You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s Everywhere.
Mother Jones: It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend’s “Hands Off” protests against President Donald…
Tell CUNY to honor the Multi-Year Appointment agreement
Dear Teaching Adjunct Colleagues, The PSC has filed a grievance challenging management’s attempt to implement the new multi-year appointment pilot in a way that does not represent our bargaining agreement fully and accurately. The disputed areas are not extensive (see below), and they will affect few members, but we must…
Hands Off Our Democracy! Protest this Saturday | CUNY Needs a $144.6M City Budget Increase
The PSC’s City Budget Platform calls for an increase of $144.6 million over the Preliminary Executive Budget to restore Mayor Adams’s cuts and end community college hiring freezes ($80M), to invest in CUNY Reconnect, academic advising, ACE and ASAP ($59.2M), and to expand students’ MetroCard access and capacity in CUNY’s…
Support RF Workers | Resist Trump’s Attempt to Eliminate the Department of Education
Send a letter supporting CUNY Research Foundation (RF) Field Unit workers in their struggle for a fair contract. Don’t let RF management use the chaos in Washington as an excuse to deny PSC members fair raises and a good contract. PSC members can also show solidarity online by sharing the…
CUNY deserves to get more funding
The Ticker: At the end of February, the Professional Staff Congress CUNY President Dr. James Davis gave a testimony at the joint Higher Education Executive Budget Hearing in Albany. During the testimony, PSC voiced its appreciation for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s cooperation in helping to fund CUNY in the wake of…
Thousands march in Manhattan against MAGA cuts
Workers World: From New York’s City Hall to Bowling Green, the march stretched from curb to curb in Manhattan on March 15, behind a lead banner that read “Stand with workers. Stop the cuts.” Among the thousands who marched, many held signs opposing Trump’s attacks on Medicaid, Medicare and Social…
March to Stop the Cuts, Sat, Mar 15 | Emergency Town Hall Tues, Mar 18
Half the staff of the Department of Education has just been fired or forced out. Elon Musk is dismantling the federal administrative state and calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme.” Far Right majorities in the House and Senate are planning to fund a massive tax giveaway for corporations and the…
