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…
PSC Ad Urges New Yorkers To Tell Their Electeds: Support The New Deal for CUNY
The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY (PSC/CUNY), the union representing 30,000 faculty and professional staff at the City University of New York, launched a digital ad campaign calling on New Yorkers to contact their elected officials to support and fund the New Deal for CUNY (ND4C). The ads, which are…
Save Jobs, Save Lives, Save CUNY…From Itself!
Dear Colleagues, I hope this finds you well. I am writing with updates and actions to advance our priorities as faculty and professional staff as the semester approaches. These include the Governor’s vaccine mandate, other health and safety measures, and efforts to avert class cancellations and adjunct layoffs…
Labor Leaders Urge Governor Hochul to Fund a New Deal for CUNY
Some of New York’s most prominent labor leaders have written to Governor Hochul, urging her to fully fund CUNY’s budget needs and support the New Deal for CUNY legislation. Vincent Alvarez, president of the NYC Central Labor Council, Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store…
PSC Statement on the NYS Executive Budget
Governor Hochul has announced a combined $1.5 billion increase in operating support for CUNY and SUNY over the next five years, including an additional $170 million for CUNY senior colleges next year (briefing book pg 105). It’s heartening to see that Governor Hochul is acting decisively to begin…
Path to a Safer Spring Semester
Spring semester begins January 28. Many members of the CUNY community may be ill with COVID, recovering and isolating after illness, or caring for family members. The path of the omicron variant is not fully predictable. Despite widespread expectation among public health officials that infections may soon subside…
