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…
State budget for CUNY
Dear PSC Members, While we await final details about the New York State fiscal year 2023 enacted budget, I want to provide a preliminary report and congratulate everyone who participated in this year’s extraordinary budget campaign. From the huge marches in the city, to the rallies and press…
Statement on CUNY funding in the FY23 NYS Budget
James Davis, President of the Professional Staff Congress, the union representing 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York, released the following statement about the Fiscal Year 2023 New York State budget after Governor Hochul announced a conceptual agreement. “We thank Governor Hochul, Majority Leader…
6000 New Yorkers petition Governor Hochul to commit $500 million in recurring funding for the City University of New York
Previous Pause Next CUNY USS Chair, CUNY Rising Alliance Campaign Coordinator, and PSC-CUNY President Deliver Petitions to Governor Hochul New York, NY–5,995 CUNY community supporters, students, and employees have signed a letter calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature to invest “$500 million to hire more full-time…
