Senate Proposes Delay to OMB Rule Change
The Trump administration’s plan to impose ideological control over more than $1.1 trillion dollars in federal discretionary spending, including money for research funding, transportation infrastructure, education and environmental initiatives and much more, may be stopped, at least temporarily, by Congress. A provision in the Senate’s bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) to…
CUNY faculty and staff picket over recent Queens College budget cuts
QNS: The union Professional Staff Congress (PSC), along with faculty and staff from the City University of New York, picketed outside the Wall Street investment bank that employs William Thompson, chair of the CUNY Board of Trustees, on Monday, July 27. The protest came in response to Queens College President…
Queens College faculty calls for CUNY to reverse cuts
Queens Daily Eagle: Faculty members at Queens’ largest City University of New York college are pushing back against budget cuts, which have led to a number of cancelled classes and layoffs of adjunct professors. Several departments at Queens College were told earlier this year they had to cut their overall…
Labor Unions Rally at Delaney Hall
Insider NJ: Union members and community activists rallied Sunday outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center to protest the facility’s inhumane conditions and demand the release of those held inside. The rally was the latest in a series of monthly protests that have been held by the Labor Eyes on…
Rally & Petition to Save Jobs | Academic Freedom Legislative Town Hall
The Queens College PSC chapter is organizing to reverse the layoffs and protect our colleagues’ jobs. Read more about their fight in Clarion. You can support the campaign by signing and sharing this petition and by RSVPing to attend the Rally to Save Queens College Jobs at 4:30PM on Monday,…
Drop the charges against the Minneapolis 15
PSC Executive Council Statement on National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7) and Minnesota Federal Indictments The labor community stood up courageously to Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota in early 2026. Unions coordinated with community organizations in an effort to keep residents safe from an invasion of federal officers who deployed…
Keeping higher education in focus in the 2026 midterms
AFT.org: The AFT/AAUP Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education was the focus of the Higher Education Committee’s presentation at the AFT convention in Washington, D.C., on Saturday afternoon. According to Professional Staff Congress President and Higher Education PPC Chair James C. Davis, the blueprint grew out of the national…
Good Trouble Lives On March Friday | Save Jobs at Queens College
A nation-wide coalition of groups is organizing a weekend of action, Friday, July 17 – Sunday, July 19, in remembrance of civil rights icon and Congressmember John Lewis: Good Trouble Lives On. New York City’s Good Trouble actions will kick off with a rally and march in lower Manhattan. PSC…
Queens College President Frank Wu To Retire
Queens Ledger: Queens College President Franklin H. Wu announced that he will retire on July 30, leaving many in the campus community wondering what comes next for the college. Franklin H. Wu became the 14th president of Queens College on July 1, 2020, succeeding Interim President William A. Tramontano. By…
