Protesters Rally for Academic Freedom in New York City
Yahoo! News: Protesters and politicians gathered at City Hall in New York, New York, on Thursday, April 24, to call on universities to protect students and academic freedom. The Rally for Academic Freedom was organized by the New York City Council Progressive Caucus, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) District…
CUNY faculty, staff demand clarity on backpay
Amsterdam News: Members of the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, AFT Local #2334 (PSC-CUNY), organized a picket line outside CUNY’s central offices located at 205 East 42nd Street in Manhattan on Tuesday, April 15.
Implementation Schedule Released for Raises, Retro, Bonuses
Dear PSC Members, You should have received an email from Chancellor Matos Rodríguez Monday night with the subject “Payout Dates for PSC Contract.” It includes a schedule for the implementation of the raises, retroactive pay, and ratification bonuses that the union negotiated with CUNY management and PSC members ratified on…
Higher Ed Unions Rally for the Right to Learn
NYC CLC: On Wednesday, April 17, educators, students, and union members from across New York City rallied at Foley Square to defend the right to learn, teach, research and protest in the face of escalating political attacks on higher education. Marchers gathered at Washington Square Park before making their way…
Higher Ed Unions Rally in Foley Square, Vow to ‘Meet the Moment’
The Indypendent: Against the granite columns of the New York County Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, hundreds of professors, students, school staff and alumni rallied yesterday afternoon in defense of higher education.
Rally Kicks Off In New York Over US Federal Move To Cut Funding For Universities
Business Today: Hundreds of faculty, students, researchers, and staff from New York universities rallied in Manhattan on Thursday against policies and funding cuts targeting higher education under U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
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…
