CUNY Adjuncts Must Be Paid On Time!
President James Davis has written Chancellor Matos Rodríguez to insist that all CUNY adjuncts receive their first paychecks on time. The letter says that late adjunct paychecks are “a recurring, systemic problem that [the chancellor’s] administration has, to date, failed to remedy.” It calls on the chancellor to fix the…
Welcome Back message from the PSC Principal Officers
Dear Colleagues, Welcome back to Fall semester! We hope you had a restorative summer with fulfilling activities and meaningful moments. As we make the transition to the new academic year, we write to share union developments on several fronts. The PSC bargaining team has been working hard this summer. Our…
Bargaining Update 5 | Join Us for the NYC Labor Day Parade
Bargaining Update #5 In its August 22 session with CUNY, the PSC bargaining team – joined by a dozen PSC members observing – began with a rejoinder to CUNY’s August 8 overview of their bargaining agenda. President Davis indicated the union’s willingness to review proposals from CUNY management but expressed…
Adjunct Pay Dates
The PSC membership recently approved a new contract, with effective dates from 2023 through 2027. We are working to update our website content to fully reflect the gains made in the new agreement as quickly as possible. Summary of New Contract New Memorandum of Agreement 2017-2023 Contract (pdf) Adjunct Pay…
NYC teachers, and their unions, foster learning
For a few years after joining the Professional Staff Congress in 2002, Martha Sanchez, a senior lab technician at Bronx Community College, applied for and received several professional development grants through the union. She profited as much as she could from the PSC’s Higher Education Officer-College Lab Technician (HEO-CLT) grant,…
Historic news in our fight to ensure high-quality health coverage for NYC retirees
On Friday, August 11, Justice Lyle Frank issued a ruling in New York State Supreme Court permanently blocking the City from removing retired City workers and their dependents from their current health insurance plans and forcing them either to enroll in the Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan or find their own…
Great News about Retiree Health Care | Picket Lines & Marches
Historic News in our Fight to Ensure High-quality Health Coverage for NYC Retirees On Friday, August 11, Justice Lyle Frank issued a ruling in New York State Supreme Court permanently blocking the City from removing retired City workers and their dependents from their current health insurance plans and forcing…
Statement of Solidarity with Academic Student Workers at the University of California
The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY stands in solidarity with our fellow unionists in UAW 2865 as they insist that the University of California enforce the hard-fought contract gains ratified by union members this past year: UC must live up to its contractual obligations. Disturbingly, UAW 2865 has reported that the University…
Letter: CUNY is a wise investment for New York’s economy
As a faculty member at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, I concur with comments made in your recent article, “Comptroller Brad Lander on the mayor's 'penny-wise, pound-foolish' budget," that CUNY should not be on the cutting block. Public higher education lifts all boats. Not just because it moves New…
Picket with SAG-AFTRA | Celebrate Medicare | Support the Brooklyn College Women’s Center
Member Benefits: Catastrophe Major Medical Plan to Offer Limited-Time Open Enrollment The Catastrophe Major Medical Plan, sponsored by the Member Benefits program of our statewide affiliate NYSUT, will offer an open enrollment from September 8, 2023 to October 13, 2023 -- with an effective date of January 1, 2024.…
