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…
PSC Statement on the FY27 New York City Budget
PSC President James Davis released the following statement on the FY27 New York City budget: The PSC is grateful to Mayor Mamdani, the City Council, and Higher Education Chair Rita Joseph for a city budget that turns the page on the previous Mayor’s budget austerity. The FY27 budget maintains and…
City Council funds free OMNY cards for over 1,000 CUNY students in city budget deal
AMNY: The City Council is trying to make it a little more affordable for City University of New York students to get to class. The city’s legislature is putting $700,000 toward a pilot program offering free OMNY cards to roughly 1,250 CUNY students across both the fall and spring semesters,…
Why Some Unions Are Joining the Call to “Freeze the Rent”
In These Times: Both supporters and opponents anticipate a first-of-its-kind two-year rent freeze, fulfilling a key campaign pledge of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The hearings also drew wider-than-usual participation from segments of the city’s labor movement that backed his insurgent campaign — including the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), which represents CUNY faculty and…
PSC Statement on June 23rd Primary Elections
PSC President James Davis released the following statement: “We are so proud of PSC’s longtime ally and endorsed CUNY champion Brad Lander for his landslide victory in last night’s primary election, and congratulate our full slate of candidates for their wins up and down the ballot. Brad has stood up…
Union Activists Are Building Solidarity With Delaney Hall Hunger Strikers
Truthout: “As a rank-and-file member of PSC-CUNY for over 20 years, it has been incredible to see the increased energy within our union as a direct result of ongoing organizing by our Immigrant Solidarity Working Group,” Geoff Johnson said. PSC-CUNY has brought “dozens of members and their families” to Delaney…
