This Week in the PSC (08.11.20): Fightback Thursday Vigil for Lives Lost and Those Threatened
Vigil for Lives Lost and Those Threatened, Thurs., Aug. 13, 3-4 PM Sign up to participate on Zoom or in person, Thurs., Aug. 13, 3-4 PM. PSC’s Fightback Thursday Committee is organizing a vigil with a simple but powerful message: "We have lost people, and CUNY has an obligation to…
CUNY Must Delay In-Person Activities until Buildings are Proven Safe
Union, Lawmakers, Experts Demand that CUNY Delay In-Person Activities until Buildings are Proven Safe, Including CUNY’s only K-12 School Reopening Plans Must Guarantee Adequate Ventilation New York-- Faculty, staff and students of CUNY and the Hunter College Campus Schools were joined today by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams…
Expanded Tuition Remission for Graduate Student Employees
To: All Graduate Students From: Marc Kagan and Claudia Shacter-deChabert Subject: Contractual Rights on Tuition Remission for post-5th Year Graduate Students Replies to: [email protected] In the last contract round, the PSC won four semesters of Level 3 tuition remission for graduate students who have completed ten semesters of…
Own Your Annual Leave Day, July 23
RSVP for the prep session Wed., July 22, 6:30 PM PSC is continuing the fight to protect the annual leave you have earned. President Barbara Bowen sent a letter to all to college HR offices and labor designees reminding them of their obligation to enable employees to use…
PSC Sues CUNY/ Fights Layoffs (redirect)
7/2/20 Dear PSC Members, The PSC filed a major lawsuit against CUNY seeking an injunction against the layoffs. Before saying more about the legal action and the union’s collective protest actions ahead, I want to extend deep solidarity to anyone reading this message who has received a notice…
NYC Electeds Urge Management to Defend CUNY
NYC Electeds Urge CUNY Management to Defend CUNY, Not Find Ways to Dismantle it Legislators and Council Members Speak Out against Planned Layoffs of Adjuncts, Urge Transparency about Use of $132M in Federal Stimulus Money and Requirement to Protect Jobs New York elected officials, including NYC Public Advocate…
PSC position on training for online teaching
To: All full-time faculty and teaching adjuncts From: Renee Lasher ([email protected]) We wanted you to be aware of the actions we are taking regarding the online teaching training that is being offered during annual leave. This impacts all of our teaching faculty, and we are fighting to protect…
Ad Campaign–CUNY Must Do Better
Professional Staff Congress Ad Campaign Says “CUNY Must Do Better” for Students and Communities of Color—and for Workers PSC Demands: No Cuts to Courses, No Layoffs! New York, NY – Under threat of deep City and State budget cuts with just two weeks remaining before possible mass layoffs…
