Bargaining Update 9 | The Chancellor Must Stand for Free Speech
Bargaining Update #9 At the Oct. 26 bargaining session, with 35 members observing, the PSC presented critical demands related to educational technology & distance learning. CUNY management presented demands to expand the number of non-tenure track full-time positions and the duration of their appointments, to remove protections from contractual disciplinary…
Stand for Freedom of Speech and Assembly at CUNY
Sing Out, Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY Saturday, December 2, 1–3 PM Tell Us You Will Be There CUNY has been underfunded for too long, and budget cuts, understaffing and uncompetitive pay have been the results. Come Sing Out for increased CUNY funding at the Governor's Midtown office and Shout Out…
City Workers Ditch Unions, Skip Dues, Following Supreme Court Ruling
City payroll records obtained by THE CITY suggest union enrollment has slipped since a Supreme Court ruling that allows government workers to opt out of membership. Between 2018 and 2022, membership went down nearly 8% among city employee unions, outpacing a decline of 5.1% in the number of full-time employees…
Sing Out, Shout Out | Bargaining Update 8
Sing Out, Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY Saturday, December 2, 1–3 PM Tell Us You'll Be There Make plans now to attend the biggest CUNY-wide contract campaign action of the Fall: Sing Out, Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY, a resounding call for a better CUNY. Our great public university has been…
New York University disinvest in fossil fuels, CUNY New Deal should propose similar objectives
New York University will no longer use its $5 billion endowment to invest in fossil fuels. William R. Berkley, chair of NYU’s board of trustees, formally addressed a student climate group in August, stating that the university commits to moving toward a green future, according to The Guardian. “New York…
CUNY Board Hearing, 10/16 | Deadlines for supplemental insurance, sick leave bank
Public Hearing of the CUNY Board of Trustees Monday, October 16, 4:30 PM, City College Our Contract for #APeoplesCUNY campaign continues over the next five weeks with local campus actions and five borough-wide events. A demonstration of unity at the October 16th public hearing of the CUNY Board of Trustees…
Critical CUNY BoT Hearing, 10/16 | Testify or show support
In-Person Public Hearing of the CUNY Board of Trustees City College of New York, Marian Anderson Theatre, Aaron Davis Hall Monday, October 16, 4:30 PM Tell Us You’ll Be There! Optional Online How-to-Testify Training from the PSC Tuesday, October 10, 6:30 PM Register for the Zoom. In October and November,…
‘The Untouchables’: How Columbia and N.Y.U. Benefit From Huge Tax Breaks
As Columbia University puts the last touches on its brand-new campus in Harlem, it has reached a milestone: The university is now the largest private landowner in New York City. In a city where land is more valuable than almost anywhere in the nation, the school now owns more than…
Bargaining Update 7 | Sick Leave Bank
Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank Open Enrollment Period: Oct. 1-31 This is a PSC-CUNY contractual program. It is different from the similarly named Catastrophe Major Medical supplemental insurance offered by NYSUT Member Benefits. CUNY’s Catastrophic Sick Leave Bank is a pool of voluntarily donated sick leave and annual leave available…
Enough About Harvard. Let’s Talk About CUNY.
The elite media loves to obsess about the Ivy Leagues. But great public colleges like the City University of New York, once dubbed the Harvard of the proletariat, are far more relevant to most people — and infinitely better at serving the working class.
