The PSC is organizing to protect our members, institutions, and communities amid unprecedented federal assaults. Get involved today and stand together in solidarity to defend our fellow workers, students, immigrants, trans people, and all those under attack.
Working Groups and Committees for Emergency Response
Members can join these groups to help activate the power of our union on key issues
Upcoming Events
- Every Wednesday: What We Want Wednesday!
- April 28th: PSC Town Hall on Defending Our Institutions and Communities. Register for the Zoom here.
- May 1st: May Day Rally – Downtown Manhattan. Register here for more information
- May 5th: PSC discussion on Responding to the Trump Administration’s Attack on All Things Transgender, featuring Paisley Currah. Register for the Zoom here.
April 28, 6:30 PM on Zoom
April Town Hall: Resisting Attacks on Our Institutions and Communities
PSC Members Rally with Higher Education Labor United, February 19th
Higher Ed Labor united Rally, February 19th (Erik McGregor)
PSC President James Davis speaks at City Council Rally to Defend Universities
PSC members protest DHS recruitment on campus at CUNY, February 25th (Paul Frangipane)
PSC Members mobilzing with New Yorkers from across the labor movement against federal cuts, March 15, 2025. (Erik McGregor)
Timeline: Events & Statements
- April 25th: Colleges at a Crossroads March from CCNY to Columbia. RSVP here for the 3pm March.
- April 24th: City Hall Rally for Students, Workers, and Academic Freedom
- April 17th: Rally for the Right to Learn at Foley Square Park
- April 11th: Emergency mobilization in defense of international student and worker visas
- April 8th: “Kill the Cuts” rally to defend critical funding for research
- April 5th: “HANDS OFF! Day of Action” with hundreds of PSC membrs and tens of thousands of other New Yorkers
- March 31st: PSC attends rally for Trans Rights on Trans Day of Visibility
- March 25th: Second of two-part series of panels on academic freedom in the local and national context
- March 18th: Emergency Town Hall on Defending our Insitutions and Communities
- March 15th: Hundreds of PSC members join thousands of labor allies in Manhattan for a march to stop the cuts!
- March 14th: PSC expresses solidarity with Columbia Student Workers in the face of repression and the expulsion of their president
- March 11th: PSC calls on CUNY to respond to the detention of Mahmoud Khalil and protect it’s employees and students
- March 7th: Stand Up For Science rally with dozens of PSC members and thousands of academic labor allies
- March 7th: PSC President James Davis raises awareness about workers’ rights in the face of increased Title VI investigations
- February 26th: PSC objects to Governor Hochul’s cancellation of a Palestine Studies job posting at Hunter College
- February 19th: Higher Ed Labor United rally to defend science research funding in the face of assaults on the NIH
- February 19th: Federal Unionists Network protest in support of federal workers under attack
- February 5th: NYIC Press Conference to defend “sensitive locations” from ICE raids
- January 16th: City Hall rally against Trump’s mass deportation agenda
