March to Stop the Cuts, Sat, Mar 15 | Emergency Town Hall Tues, Mar 18
Half the staff of the Department of Education has just been fired or forced out. Elon Musk is dismantling the federal administrative state and calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme.” Far Right majorities in the House and Senate are planning to fund a massive tax giveaway for corporations and the…
Eight Charts that Tell You Everything About Faculty Pay
NEA Today: Last year, faculty saw a 1 percent gain in purchasing power, according to the 2025 NEA Faculty Salary Report, released this week. The problem is that such a small gain still leaves faculty feeling poorer than they were five years ago. Between 2020 and 2023, as inflation soared,…
PSC Demands CUNY Response to Detention of Mahmoud Khalil
On Tuesday, March 11th, PSC President James Davis sent a letter to CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez calling for swift and decisive action in response to federal agents' arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card-holding permanent resident who had participated in protests against the war in Gaza while…
Your Rights – CUNY Portal for Discrimination and Retaliation Complaints
The PSC is alarmed at the number of reports of members who are being called into meetings with their college’s Chief Diversity Officer because complaints against them have been filed through the CUNY-wide Discrimination and Retaliation Reporting Portal. This message explains the rights of those against whom a complaint…
A higher education union’s response to Trump’s attacks
Workers World: Higher education — colleges and post-secondary education — has been a target of right-wing, reactionary attacks for decades, but the Musk-Trump-MAGA grouping has brought a new, vicious intensity to this campaign. The Department of Education has threatened schools with losing all federal funding if they have policies supporting…
Urging Albany to Fund CUNY | Protecting Academic Freedom
President James Davis called for a $198 million increase in state funding for CUNY over and above the Governor’s executive budget for Fiscal Year 2026 as he testified last Tuesday at a joint legislative budget hearing about funding for higher education. Click here for the PSC’s budget platform, which represents…
CUNY Faculty and Staff Win the Fight for a New Contract
The Knight News: After two years without a contract, the Professional Staff Congress CUNY (PSC-CUNY) was able to ratify a new contract on Jan. 14th with a 90% majority vote. The PSC is a coalition representing CUNY staff and faculty through advocacy for improved working conditions. The ratification of the…
PSC Opposes the Governor’s Violation of Academic Freedom at Hunter College
President James Davis registered the PSC’s strong objection to Governor Hochul’s removal of a job posting for a Palestinian Studies faculty position at Hunter College in a February 26th letter to the Governor and the Chancellor. Calling out the violation of academic freedom, Davis wrote that it is “an overreach…
Gov. Hochul facing pushback over removal of Palestinian Studies professor job listing at CUNY
NY Daily News: The faculty union at the City University of New York is objecting to Gov. Hochul’s order to interrupt the hiring process for a Palestinian Studies professor, saying the move is an overreach of the governor into academic affairs. The planned hiring of the professor at CUNY’s Hunter College on the…
Under Pressure, CUNY Removes Palestine Scholar Job Posting
Inside Higher Ed: New York governor Kathy Hochul took an unusual interest in the hiring practices of the City University of New York on Tuesday when she ordered the public system to take down a job posting for a professorship in Palestinian studies at Hunter College.
