Summer Update from the PSC
Dear Colleagues, We hope everyone reading this has been enjoying a productive and healthy summer–and getting a bit of well-earned rest and relaxation at some point within it! We are writing to bring you up to date on some union developments, and point your attention to some pressing issues you’ll…
Medicare Advantage Plus provider withdraws from contract
July 25, 2022 Dear Retirees, As you know, the proposed contract that the City and the Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) agreed to last year with Anthem/Empire to administer retiree health insurance through Medicare Advantage Plus (MA+) faces a court challenge. I’m writing with an update not on the…
Response to "SAFE CUNY" email
A Message to PSC Delegates President James Davis July 12, 2022 Dear Delegates, I’m writing because you and your colleagues may receive an email from an anonymous group called “SAFE CUNY.” They are spamming people at their CUNY addresses, calling for my resignation as PSC President. They reference…
Research Professor Contract Signed
PSC President James Davis and CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez met at CUNY Central on June 29th to sign the Memorandum of Agreement formalizing the collective bargaining agreement for CUNY Research Professors. Members of the Research Professors’ Bargaining Committee were in attendance. The contract with CUNY was…
The Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade
June 24, 2022 The decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade is the greatest setback to women's rights and reproductive justice we have seen. Organized labor must stand unequivocally with pregnant people and defend their right to make their own reproductive choices and control their…
