New PSC Ad Supporting the New Deal for CUNY
The PSC's new ad is set to run on multiple social and online media platforms for the next several weeks before shifting to TV in Albany and New York City. More than 10,000 letters in support of the New Deal for CUNY have been sent to state legislators…
Online rally calling for increased investment in CUNY and SUNY
Legislators Join Hundreds of CUNY and SUNY Students, Faculty and Staff to Call for Increased Funding of New York’s Public Higher Education Systems New York, NY – State legislators, higher education union members and hundreds of SUNY and CUNY students rallied online February 16, 2022, to call for…
This Week in the PSC (02.09.22): Vaccine Mandate | Delayed Adjunct Paychecks
Vaccine Mandate for Faculty and Staff The CUNY Board of Trustees, in accordance with Governor Hochul’s directive, voted at their January 31 meeting to enact a vaccine mandate for all faculty, instructional staff and personnel in the Executive Compensation Plan. The resolution (item No. 11) states that the mandate will…
Fund CUNY and SUNY: NY Higher Ed Unions Call on State Leaders to Increase Investment in Public Colleges, Universities
Previous Pause Next Upstate and Downstate Lawmakers Join Students, Advocates, and Union Leaders to Urge the State to Commit more than $250M Each for SUNY and CUNY Campuses and SUNY’s Public Teaching Hospitals ALBANY, NY – February 7, 2022 – The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY (PSC), the union representing…
This Week in the PSC (01.25.22): Poll Results | Friday Rallies for Health, Safety and Jobs
Rallies for Health, Safety and JobsBronx Community College & Medgar Evers CollegeFri., Jan. 28 @12:30PM Classes are scheduled to begin this Friday, and CUNY management has failed to put forward an actual policy to implement and clarify the employee vaccine mandate. Our demands for expanded testing and distribution of masks…
This Week in the PSC (01.11.22): 3,200 Petition for a Safe Return | Protect Voting Rights
3,200 Faculty and Staff Sign Petition Calling for a Safe Return President James Davis delivered the union’s Spring Safe Return Petition to Chancellor Matos Rodríguez on Thursday, January 6. The petition, launched before the Omicron COVID surge, called on the Chancellor to meet the conditions laid out by the PSC…
This Week in the PSC (12.16.21): Urge Albany to Pass the New Deal for CUNY | Pledge Not to Scab
Urge Your Legislators to Support the New Deal for CUNY Send and Share the CUNY Rising Alliance Action Letter CUNY Rising Alliance and the PSC are building on the hugely successful march in Queens with a letter campaign meant to build broad community, alumni and student support for increased CUNY…
This Week in the PSC (12.01.21): Sign the Petition! CUNY Safe Return Cannot Be One Size Fits All
#CUNYSafeReturn Cannot Be One Size Fits All The PSC expects the University administration to provide clear, sensible, safe guidance for the Spring 2022 semester that is responsive to emerging information about new COVID variants. Add your name to this petition calling on the Chancellor to reject arbitrary one-size-fits-all standards that…
Rallies to Protect Health, Safety & Jobs At Bronx Community College & Medgar Evers College
Union Distributes N-95 Masks as Protestors Demand Better COVID Policies and Oppose Adjunct Layoffs and Class Cancellations New York, NY - Faculty and staff represented by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) union rallied on January 28, 2022, the the first day of classes, at both Bronx Community College…
