We hope you are all well.
PSC staff and officers are now working remotely to help slow the spread of the pandemic virus COVID-19 and safeguard the health of our employees and members. The office at 61 Broadway will be closed until public health experts indicate a reduced need for social distancing measures.
PSC is engaged in "impact bargaining"—over changes in contractual terms and conditions of employment resulting from the COVID-19 emergency—to protect our members in this critical time. The union and management recently signed our first supplemental agreement. The agreement covers classroom teaching observations; annual evaluations for both staff and faculty; office hours conducted through distance technology; decisions on tenure, reclassification and salary differentials that were already in process as of March 12; and an important option for untenured professorial faculty whose tenure decision is approaching. The agreement also permits faculty and staff to retrieve belongings from campus buildings, to the extent allowed by college guidelines. We continue to negotiate over adjunct faculty reappointments all of which are now due on May 15, telecommuting plans, health and safety issues, summer work, the fall semester and other issues.
Please take good care of yourselves, and take care of each other. That’s what unions do. And check out the articles that our members have published on the impact of this crisis on the CUNY community.
Latest Updates
- Department Chairs Oppose Layoffs and Course Reductions
- Agreement on Adjunct Notification Date, 5/28
- Open Letter to Chairperson Thompson and Chancellor Matos Rodríguez, 5/19
- Caravan to Stop Layoffs and Fund CUNY, 5/18
- CUNY Adjuncts, Union, AOC and NYS Lawmakers Demand Jobs and New Taxes on the Rich, 5/15
- Submit your protest statement to the CUNY Board of Trustees, 5/10
- PSC Impact Bargaining Proposals, 5/8
- Frequently Asked Questions about Unemployment Insurance for Adjuncts, 4/27
- In Memoriam, 4/24
- Video: President Bowen on Preemptive Cuts to CUNY, 4/23
- Delegate Assembly Resolution on Maintaining Employment during COVID Emergency
- Contract Provisions for the COVID Emergency, 4/21
- AFT Letter to CDC re Essential Personnel--Interim Guidance, 4/13
- Help NY nurses by joining PSC Homework Hotline!, 4/13
- PSC Statement in Response to Delay in April Raises for State Workers, 4/9
- Submitting "Telecommuting" Plans, 4/3
- PSC letter to CUNY about college-issued remote work notices, 4/2
- Update on “Recalibration Period," 3/26
- New definition of "essential personnel," 3/23
- What to do if you are asked to report to work on campus, 3/18
- News Release: Faculty Union Calls on CUNY To Close Campus Buildings and Libraries, Shift to Working Remotely, 3/18
- CUNY refuses PSC demand; PSC fights back, 3/17
- Response to Chancellor's March 16 Email, 3/16
- "Essential Personnel" Update, 3/16
- Management heard us and put public health first. Only CUNY essential personnel should report to work, 3/15
- Update on Demand to Work Remotely. 3/15
- PSC Calls for All Work to be Performed Remotely,3/14
- PSC Response to CUNY Coronavirus Plan, 3/12
- Guidance on the Use of Sick Days and Working Remotely During the COVID-19 Epidemic, 3/11
- Response from Chancellor Matos-Rodríguez regarding PSC Coronavirus Demands,3/9
- PSC Coronavirus Demands, 3/9
- PSC Request to Negotiate in response to the Coronavirus COVID-19, 3/6
