CUNY, unionized faculty and staff reach tentative contract agreement
The City University of New York has reached a tentative contract agreement with unionized faculty and staff that includes across-the-board raises and a ratification bonus, CUNY and the Professional Staff Congress announced Monday. The deal, which covers some 30,000 CUNY employees, spans from March 2023 to November 2027. It included…
CUNY and Professional Staff Congress Announce Tentative Labor Agreement Covering Over 30,000 CUNY Employees
The City University of New York today announced that it reached a nearly five-year agreement with the Professional Staff Congress for over 30,000 full- and part-time faculty and professional staff at the nation’s largest urban public university. The agreement, which was approved by the CUNY Board of Trustees tonight and…
PSC-CUNY Reaches Memorandum of Agreement
December 16th, 2024 I am excited to inform you that the PSC bargaining team and CUNY negotiators have reached agreement on a new contract. It includes across-the-board raises of 13.4%, compounded, retroactive pay, additional equity raises for many of our lowest-paid colleagues, and a ratification bonus for full-time PSC members…
This Solar Panel Kills Fascists
The organizers behind New York’s Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA) make a striking claim: Solar panels can help defeat fascism. They argue that union-made renewables and credits to low-income energy users can slow the rise of the far right and that, if implemented seriously, the BPRA in New York State…
Columbia & NYU Tax Break Targeted to Repair Disparities Between Private Universities and CUNY
A cross-campus alliance of students is pushing for the REPAIR Act, which would force Columbia and NYU to cough up $327 million in annual property taxes they are currently exempted from.
US elected officials and labor leaders join international call to take Cuba off US’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list
21 labor unions and labor leaders join dozens of elected officials and organizations, marking a major step in the labor movement uniting around foreign policy demands.
PSC Calls for End to US Sanctions on Cuba
The PSC’s Executive Council has voted to endorse a letter, coordinated by a network of labor unions, political leaders, and community organizations, urging President Biden to remove Cuba from the “State Sponsors of Terrorism” (SSOT) list before the end of his term in office. The designation of Cuba as a…
Bargaining Updates 36 and 37
A tentative agreement could come into focus if CUNY management moves on some critical PSC demands. Read bargaining updates 36 & 37.
PSC Union Members Arrested During Protests Over Wage Stagnation and Working
CUNY faculty disrupted a CUNY Board of Trustees meeting at John Jay College on Oct. 21st, leading to a protest outside and over 30 faculty arrests. “CUNY offered unacceptable raises seven months ago, a year after their top executives received 27% and 30% bumps in pay,” PSC President James Davis…
PSC Members Rally and Testify for Public Renewables
On Wednesday, November 20th, the PSC joined our partners at Public Power New York (PPNY) to lead a rally before a public hearing of the New York Power Authority (NYPA).
