Pensions Lawsuit Update
CUNY has been failing to properly withhold pension contributions on behalf of PSC members, leaving them liable for make-up payments and interest that range from small amounts up to tens of thousands of dollars. Hundreds of PSC members have been harmed by this and other problems with CUNY's pension administration. …
Bargaining Update 24
Bargaining Update 24: At the July 3 bargaining session, with nearly forty members observing, the union and management agreed that progress had been made toward the costing of the contract. Proposed changes to the PSC-CUNY Research Awards were discussed, and the parties exchanged counter offers related to salary increases that…
PSC Members, Students to Bill Thompson: ‘Contract Now!’
Seventy-five PSC members and CUNY students rallied Friday morning outside the Wall Street investment bank where CUNY Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson serves as chief administrative officer. Hundreds of passersby took leaflets urging them to call Thompson at work and tweet at Chancellor Matos Rodríguez to demand that CUNY…
PSC-CUNY Remote Work Agreement Extended Through June 2025
The PSC has secured an agreement with CUNY to extend the current remote work agreement through June 30, 2025 while negotiations continue about the future of remote work for PSC members. The extended agreement provides a framework for arrangements between workers and their supervisors about the schedule and duration of remote work…
Reductions to the City University of New York Remain in the NYC Budget
June 28, 2024 Today’s handshake agreement announced a restoration of $15 million in operating support for community colleges. But the restorations don't offset the Mayor's $95 million previous cuts. Given the recent revenue projections and the increasing enrollments at CUNY colleges, it's clear that CUNY students, faculty and staff are…
PSC Members, Students to CUNY Board Chair Bill Thompson: ‘Contract Now!’
75 PSC members and CUNY students rallied the morning of Friday, June 28 outside Siebert Williams Shank & Co., the Wall Street Investment Bank where CUNY Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson serves as Chief Administrative Officer.
Bargaining Update 23 | Contract Now Demonstration, 100 Wall St.
Contract Now Demonstration at 100 Wall Street Friday, June 28, 9:00-10:00 AM Join a morning demonstration outside Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson’s Wall Street Investment Bank. We'll hold Thompson accountable for CUNY’s attacks on job security and governance, and make sure he knows that we expect him to tell…
Hundreds of New Yorkers Rally for A Peoples Budget
As PSC members and coalition groups rallied for a People’s Budget outside on the steps of City Hall, PSC President James Davis joined members of the Council inside City Hall in the rotunda to demand that the Mayor revers his cuts to the City’s early childhood education systems. “Those are…
Bargaining Updates 21-22 | Summer Campaigns
CUNY management remains obstinate about job security, governance, and fair pay. So, bargaining and our pressure campaign must intensify. The Chancellor and the Trustees will get no break while 30,000 faculty and staff have an expired contract! Make fighting for a Fair Contract for A People’s CUNY part of your…
Funding, not cutting, CUNY is a wise investment
New Yorkers know that CUNY is one the city’s best supporters of economic mobility, broad prosperity and strong public institutions, so it’s confounding why the Mayor has chopped nearly $100 million from the university’s budget. Cuts to CUNY are unacceptable and will hurt the future of New York. If the…
