Columbia and City College hold second environmental justice summit
Columbia and the City College of New York held their second joint Harlem Environmental Justice Summit, drawing students, local nonprofits, and a representative from the New York City Mayor’s administration. The summit included two panels that took place in City College’s North Academic Center and Columbia’s Buell Hall. In between…
Statement on Comptroller Brad Lander’s Report
Statement on Comptroller Brad Lander’s Report ‘Spotlight: CUNY and the New York City Economy’ as it Relates to the State and City Budgets James Davis, President, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY The NYC Comptroller’s latest Spotlight report released today, “CUNY and the New York City Economy,” details CUNY’s impressive return on investment…
Baruch faculty and students protest budget cuts, bigger classes
Professors, faculty and students gathered in the William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus lobby, and then marched to the William and Anita Newman Library on April 4 for a rally in protest of budget cuts and an increase to the course caps in Weissman School of Arts and Sciences classes.
New Bargaining Update | Call the Governor!
Bargaining Updates 13 and 14 The PSC finished presenting our initial demands during the March 22nd and 27th sessions, and on the 27th management put forward a comprehensive offer, including across-the-board raises. CUNY’s salary proposal approximates what other City and State unions received in this round and includes retroactive…
State and National Labor Leaders Urge CUNY to Expand Job Security for Adjuncts
Four prominent New York State and national labor leaders have joined the PSC in urging CUNY management to expand job security for adjunct faculty. Presidents Mario Cilento of the New York State AFL-CIO, Melinda Person of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), Irene Mulvey of the American Association of…
Proposed “New Deal for CUNY” Would Make CUNY Free for All
As the New York state budget approaches its approval date in April, the New Deal for CUNY bill is once again thrown into the spotlight. “For decades, CUNY has been underfunded, and I would say intentionally underfunded, in order to starve an institution that provides higher education to mostly working…
Professional Staff Congress president talks about contract negotiations
The state budget deadline is quickly approaching. It’s been more than a year since the City University of New York and the union representing its faculty and staff, the Professional Staff Congress, have been tied up in contract negotiations. The two groups have held a total of 13 bargaining sessions,…
OP-ED: Behind the Scenes at Higher Education Action Day
On this day, we advocated on behalf of thousands of students. Assembly members and members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), CUNY Rising, and NYPIRG chapters, gave motivational speeches to students.
CUNY union pledges to fight proposed changes that threaten adjunct job security
The union representing more than 11,000 adjuncts at the City University of New York slammed a recent proposal from CUNY management to significantly increase how many semesters adjuncts must teach before they can receive multi-year appointments. Since 2016, CUNY adjuncts have been eligible for three-year appointments if they taught in…
