This Week in the PSC (06.03.22): Take the Survey & Write Your Council Member
TAKE THE SURVEY! TELL US WHAT YOU WANT IN THE NEXT PSC-CUNY CONTRACT. 5000 PSC members have completed the PSC 2022 Contract Priorities Survey. If you are a dues-paying member and have not filled out and submitted the survey, please check your work email AND your personal email for a message…
We're suing to fix CUNY's vaccine mandate
Dear PSC Member, The PSC filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of New York State in Manhattan, challenging the legality of the COVID-19 vaccination policy as CUNY has applied it. Instead of mandating vaccines universally for all employees except those who qualify for medical or religious exemptions,…
Teaching Adjuncts | Contractual Raises Summer or Fall 2022
A major change in Teaching Adjunct rates of pay is coming this fall. To ensure that you receive every increase to which you are entitled if you are teaching next year, it is important that you check your current hourly rate and payroll history now. The PSC negotiated a historic…
CUNY must revisit mask requirement now
Dear PSC Members, I hope this finds you well as the end of the semester approaches. Like many of you, we are alarmed by the rapid resurgence of COVID-19 in New York City and concerned for the health and safety of our students, colleagues, and families. The PSC…
Research Professor Contract Ratified, Approved
The CUNY Research Professors Bargaining Committee announced Friday, May 6 that their proposed contractual agreement with CUNY has been ratified—with a 100% yes vote! And the Research Professors’ ratification vote has set a PSC record for participation: 96% of eligible members voted. What a tremendous show of engagement…
Hiring from Within Letter to Department Chairs
PSC President James Davis and Secretary Penny Lewis sent a letter to all CUNY department chairs on Thursday, May 5 urging them to “consider the qualifications of CUNY’s excellent adjunct faculty” as they seek to fill the new full-time faculty lines won in the latest State budget. The…
This Week in the PSC (04.15.22): 50 Years of the PSC
50 Years of the PSC Fifty years ago, on April 14, 1972, the Legislative Conference and the United Federation of College Teachers merged to create the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY. In the five decades that have followed, the PSC has been a leading force for academic unionism and a tenacious advocate for…
