CUNY Adjuncts Must Be Paid On Time!
President James Davis has written Chancellor Matos Rodríguez to insist that all CUNY adjuncts receive their first paychecks on time. The letter says that late adjunct paychecks are “a recurring, systemic problem that [the chancellor’s] administration has, to date, failed to remedy.” It calls on the chancellor to fix the…
Historic news in our fight to ensure high-quality health coverage for NYC retirees
On Friday, August 11, Justice Lyle Frank issued a ruling in New York State Supreme Court permanently blocking the City from removing retired City workers and their dependents from their current health insurance plans and forcing them either to enroll in the Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan or find their own…
Statement of Solidarity with Academic Student Workers at the University of California
The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY stands in solidarity with our fellow unionists in UAW 2865 as they insist that the University of California enforce the hard-fought contract gains ratified by union members this past year: UC must live up to its contractual obligations. Disturbingly, UAW 2865 has reported that the University…
Statement on NYC Budget Announcement
James Davis, PSC CUNY President has the following statement about the NYC budget deal just announced: "The Professional Staff Congress and its members are immensely appreciative of the Council's restoration of $32.4 million in CUNY funding, the majority of the Mayor's recent cuts to community college funding. We also celebrate…
Statement on Comptroller Brad Lander’s Refusal to Register the Aetna Medicare Advantage contract
We thank Comptroller Brad Lander for exercising the appropriate judgment and fulfilling his charter-mandated duty by refusing to register the Aetna Medicare Advantage contract. The Comptroller is well within his rights to question the City’s authority to force retirees out of traditional Medicare until it has been decided in court.…
PSC Response to CUNY Board of Trustees’ Overbroad Description of Hate Speech
Since the first contractual agreement signed by CUNY and Professional Staff Congress in 1973, the preamble has stated, “Whereas, CUNY and the PSC seek to maintain and encourage, in accordance with law, full freedom of inquiry, teaching, research and publication of results, the parties subscribe to Academic Freedom for faculty…
Urging Chairman Bill Thompson to get CUNY to the Table
PSC members picketed outside the Wall St office of CUNY Board of Trustees Chairman Bill Thompson on Monday, June 5, and flooded the CUNY leadership with calls telling them to do their jobs and begin bargaining. Our contract expired three months ago, and we first requested bargaining dates six months…
Welfare Fund News
At the May 24th meeting of the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund Board of Trustees, the trustees clarified that Retirees who are over 65 years of age and otherwise eligible for PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund Retiree supplemental benefits will remain eligible for all Fund supplemental benefits if they waive participation in the New York City…
Research Foundation Central Office Workers Vote in Favor of Strike Authorization
Almost 80% of PSC members at the CUNY Research Foundation (RF) Central Office have voted in favor of strike authorization rather than accept management’s offer on their latest contract. 93% of eligible members participated in the vote. The RF, admits they have the money to give our members larger raises--they…
Remote Work Extension Agreement
Dear colleagues, I am writing to let you know that the PSC has secured an agreement with CUNY to extend the remote work agreement through June 30th , 2024. This will affect HEOs, CLTs, faculty librarians, and others. All PSC members share in the union’s fight to protect our working…
