PSC members await retro, bonus pay
The Chief: Members of the Professional Staff Congress at CUNY are frustrated that, three months after ratifying their contract, they still haven’t received their ratification bonuses, retroactive pay or raises. The union’s rank and file ratified the pact, which provides a $3,000 ratification bonus and two retroactive 3-percent raises, on…
Pay Us Now! Picket Tuesday | No ICE/DHS on Campus
The State is awaiting final information from CUNY that is needed to process our back pay, bonuses, and raises. Some delay was expected and typical but we are not living in typical times! Our last raises were in November 2022, and it’s infuriating that CUNY management has not completed the…
Tens of thousands of NYers say “Hands Off!” | Immigrant Solidarity Meeting Tonight
Over a million people took to the streets on Saturday to stand against Trump, Musk, and the other billionaire oligarchs they represent. Hundreds of PSC members joined tens of thousands of New Yorkers who marched through midtown to oppose MAGA’s bigotry and xenophobia, defend our colleges and students and shout…
You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s Everywhere.
Mother Jones: It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend’s “Hands Off” protests against President Donald…
Statement on the New York City Council’s Fiscal Year 2026 Preliminary Budget Response
PSC is grateful to the New York City Council for prioritizing CUNY in its response to the Mayor’s Preliminary FY26 Budget. After three consecutive years of budget cuts to the University from Mayor Adams, our members and students have relied on Speaker Adams, Finance Chair Brannan, Higher Education Chair Dinowitz,…
Tell CUNY to honor the Multi-Year Appointment agreement
Dear Teaching Adjunct Colleagues, The PSC has filed a grievance challenging management’s attempt to implement the new multi-year appointment pilot in a way that does not represent our bargaining agreement fully and accurately. The disputed areas are not extensive (see below), and they will affect few members, but we must…
PSC leader Nancy Romer wins NYS AAUP Award
On March 31st, 2025, the New York State Conference of the American Association of University Professors (NYSC AAUP) announced that it had awarded the 2025 Francis Higman Award for Service to AAUP Collective Bargaining Chapters in New York State to PSC member-leader Dr. Nancy Romer. Dr. Romer is a member…
Hands Off Our Democracy! Protest this Saturday | CUNY Needs a $144.6M City Budget Increase
The PSC’s City Budget Platform calls for an increase of $144.6 million over the Preliminary Executive Budget to restore Mayor Adams’s cuts and end community college hiring freezes ($80M), to invest in CUNY Reconnect, academic advising, ACE and ASAP ($59.2M), and to expand students’ MetroCard access and capacity in CUNY’s…
Support RF Workers | Resist Trump’s Attempt to Eliminate the Department of Education
Send a letter supporting CUNY Research Foundation (RF) Field Unit workers in their struggle for a fair contract. Don’t let RF management use the chaos in Washington as an excuse to deny PSC members fair raises and a good contract. PSC members can also show solidarity online by sharing the…
CUNY deserves to get more funding
The Ticker: At the end of February, the Professional Staff Congress CUNY President Dr. James Davis gave a testimony at the joint Higher Education Executive Budget Hearing in Albany. During the testimony, PSC voiced its appreciation for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s cooperation in helping to fund CUNY in the wake of…
