The Professional Staff Congress won’t back down: An interview with PSC president James Davis and executive director Milly Silva
The Chief: In an increasingly hostile climate for unions, university workers and immigrants under the Trump administration, the leadership of the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York is insistent on pushing back. Since Trump came into power, union members and leadership have hit the streets to…
PSC reminds CUNY to ensure on-time pay for adjuncts
President James Davis delivered a letter this week to CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez, reminding him of the University's obligation to ensure on-time pay for adjuncts across the system in the lead up to the Spring semester. We recommit ourselves to fighting for CUNY adjuncts, who do the majority of…
Governor Hochul’s State of the State | Solidarity With Striking Nurses
“We’re encouraged that Governor Hochul is making public higher education a tenet of her affordability agenda by extending a tuition freeze and expanding CUNY Reconnect, the state’s program of free community college tuition for high-demand fields. We’re eager to see the details of the Executive Budget’s plan to continue increasing…
Join the PSC Campaign to Tax the Rich | Members’ Testimony at the BoT
PSC members testified before the CUNY Board of Trustees last Tuesday, December 9th at the Board’s annual Manhattan Borough Hearing held this year at the City College of New York. Read more here.
Dust in Delany Hall: CUNY Union Fights Back
The Knight News: “QUEENS COLLEGE IS TOXIC,” read the fliers posted across campus by members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), a CUNY union that serves over 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff. On Monday, November 17th, members of the PSC organized a march at the flagpole behind Jefferson Hall to…
Tax the Rich Event Thursday | Health and Safety Week, Dec 8-12
Join experts and advocates, including NYSUT President Melinda Person and NYS Senator John Liu, for an online town hall about why and how corporations and the ultra rich who just got a huge federal tax cut should pay their fair share of taxes in New York State. Then get involved…
CUNY Leaders Named to Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Committees
CUNY News: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed 20 faculty and staff from the City University of New York to his Transition Committees. They join more than 400 New Yorkers selected to provide critical personnel and policy guidance to the incoming administration. The committees will help prepare City Hall to address some…
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
CBSnews.com: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people to help advise his incoming administration on policy and appointments, and to help him chart a new course for city government.
Tax the Rich Town Hall, Dec 4
Fair share taxation is how New York can fund free buses, affordable housing, universal childcare, and a free and well-funded public university. It can keep our public sector strong and protect the services we depend on, even in the face of cruel federal budget cuts. Join experts and advocates, including…
What Mamdani’s Win Might Mean for Higher Ed in NYC
Inside Higher Ed: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has promised to bring sweeping changes to New York City after a campaign that claimed national attention and rallied youth voters. Now college and university leaders, scholars, and students are speculating about what his win might mean for the city’s more than 120 higher…
