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…
PSC Leaders Appointed to National Roles
We’re excited to announce that two elected PSC leaders have been appointed to positions where they can help lead the national fight to protect adjunct and contingent academic workers. James Davis (PSC President) has been appointed to the Workers Defense League (WDL) national board, joining past PSC President Barbara Bowen…
PSC Members Named to Mayor-elect Mamdani’s Transition Committees
The PSC is thrilled to see extensive member representation on Mayor-elect Mamdani's transition committees. The PSC policy experts selected for this honor will join a team of over 400 qualified, passionate New Yorkers working together with the Mayor-elect to staff a robust and active city government. The PSC members named…
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…
We rise up to save higher education
AFT.org: On Nov. 7, students, faculty and staff rose up at more than 100 universities and colleges across the country and said, “no more.” Through teach-ins, rallies, walkouts and marches, university communities rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to control academia and vowed to set a better course for the future of…
SOMOS: Service, solidarity and strategy
AFT.org: It was total immersion at this year’s SOMOS, the annual Puerto Rico power gathering of New York legislators and other elected officials, unionists, civic groups and political activists. From a professional development bootcamp with more than 200 college students to a book giveaway for children, the event combined community…
Combatting Contingency | Post-Tenure Reassigned Time
PSC members and allies are invited to participate Thursday, November 13th in a hybrid forum about academic freedom, free speech and the effects of contingency and adjunctification on the suppression of political speech on campus. The event is happening in-person in the PSC Union Hall, 25 Broadway, 15th Floor, and…
Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks
The Guardian: Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students’ and workers’ strikes next May Day…
