Thousands of NYers Flood 26 Federal Plaza Demanding ICE Accountability, Rejecting Any Federal Troop Presence, and Calling on Electeds to Protect Immigrant Communities
Last week, 11 elected officials engaged in an act of civil disobedience on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE inhumanely has detained thousands of immigrants in deplorable conditions. Simultaneously, over 70 brave people were arrested for blocking ICE vans from leaving the building; they refused to let…
What’s Happening to Our Healthcare?
New York City and Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) negotiators have proposed a replacement for the Emblem (GHI) - Anthem (Blue Cross) health benefits plan that currently covers medical and hospital services for about 70% of CUNY active employees (full-time and insured adjuncts and part-timers) and pre-65 retirees and their dependents.…
Union-wide Zoom Forum on Proposed New Health Plan | NYers Against ICE Protest
Wednesday, September 17th, 5PM Union-wide Zoom Forum on Proposed New Health Plan In last week’s newsletter, President James Davis updated members on the proposed replacement for the current comprehensive health benefits plan, Emblem GHI, which enrolls roughly ¾ of the city’s active employees and pre-65 retirees and their dependents –…
Proposed Emblem GHI Replacement
Dear PSC member, The NYC Office of Labor Relations announced an agreement on August 28 with Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) representatives on a replacement of the current comprehensive health benefits plan (CBP). The current CBP, provided by Emblem Health (GHI) and Anthem, enrolls roughly ¾ of the city’s active employees…
NYC Labor Day Parade Tomorrow | Proposed Emblem GHI Replacement
The annual New York City Labor Day Parade will be held TOMORROW, Saturday, September 6. PSC members will march to resist the Trump Administration’s attacks on our civil liberties, institutions and democracy. We’ll have signs, banners, bagels and coffee. Be there and bring your friends and family. One of the…
In New York City, immigrants more likely to be unionized, report finds (Paywall)
The Chief: Foreign-born workers in New York City are more likely to be union members than workers born in the United States, according to a recent report from the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. In the 18 months ending this June, naturalized immigrants had a 22.3 percent unionization…
Endorsements, Immigrant Solidarity, Adjunct Pay Dates
For the Fall 2025 semester, teaching adjuncts are scheduled to be paid on eight successive adjunct pay dates. At the senior colleges, the first pay date is Thursday, September 4 and the last pay date will be Thursday, December 11. At most community colleges, the first pay date will be…
Welcome Back to Fall Semester, Raises, and the Fight against Fascism
Dear Colleagues, Welcome back to the 2025-2026 academic year! I hope you had a restorative summer despite the exceedingly difficult times we are living through, including attacks on universities, the social safety net, vulnerable populations of all kinds, and the rule of law itself. Times like these remind us how…
PSC’s Davis demands CUNY end ‘perennial’ problem of late adjunct pay
The Chief: In a letter sent last week, Professional Staff Congress–CUNY (PSC) President James Davis said adjuncts — who teach the majority of courses at the university — continue to face “financial stress and disrespect” when their first fall semester paychecks arrive late. “On-time pay should be a given at…
CUNY Professors Fight Back
Indypendent: When S, a faculty member at Brooklyn College opened an email from HR in June, the last thing she thought was that she was going to be let go from her position as adjunct professor. “I had been scheduled by my department to teach two classes in the fall,…
