This Week in the PSC (09.12.18): Every Vote Will Matter in Thursday's Primary Election
State Primary Elections, Thurs., Sept. 13 Make a Plan to Vote New Yorkers will head to the polls this Thursday, September 13 to choose their party candidates for Governor, Attorney General and members of the Assembly and State Senate. The PSC and our statewide affiliate, NYSUT, have made no endorsement…
This Week in the PSC (09.05.18): Contract Demonstration Sept. 27 | Endorsements for 2018
Contract Demonstration, Thurs., Sept. 27, 4-6PM Financial District On Thursday, September 27 PSC members will gather for a contract demonstration at the NY Stock Exchange (corner of Wall St. and Broad St.). We will march through the Financial District to demand a fair contract and to protest the economic inequality…
This Week in the PSC (06.06.18): Contract Negotiations to Continue Through the Summer
Contract Negotiations to Continue Through the Summer The PSC bargaining team is aggressively pursuing contract negotiations throughout the summer. At the last bargaining session, the union presented comparative data on full-time faculty salaries regionally and nationally, revealing the lack of competitiveness of CUNY salaries. Upcoming sessions are expected to address…
This Week in the PSC (05.15.18): Tell Albany to Pass the Bill to Fund CUNY | Bargaining Session Today
Tell Albany to Pass the Bill to Adequately Fund CUNY CUNY Needs a Strong Maintenance of Effort Legislators in Albany are once again considering Maintenance of Effort (MOE) legislation that would begin to reverse the State’s record of underfunding the CUNY senior colleges. MOE bills have been passed twice with…
Union Leaders Blockade Doors Outside CUNY Trustees Meeting
Previous Pause Next Demanding A Fair Contract, Funding for Quality Education Elected leaders of the faculty and professional staff union at the City University of New York (CUNY) were arrested today while demanding a contract that will help ensure a quality education for the half-million CUNY students across…
PSC Calls for Full Funding of CUNY, Enactment of Maintenance of Effort Legislation
Albany—President Barbara Bowen urged the State to increase funding for CUNY in testimony delivered Wednesday, December 5 to the Assembly Higher Education Committee. She also called on the governor to sign legislation soon to be before him that would enhance the State’s Maintenance of Effort (MOE) for CUNY…
This Week in the PSC (05.08.18): Updates on teaching load reduction and $7K
PSC in the News Tom Watters, an adjunct faculty member in the English department at Brooklyn College, wrote an AFT Voices post that was recently shared throughout the country. It’s called “I can’t keep teaching for poverty wages.” Find Tom’s post, TV coverage of the recent $7K Advocacy Day and…
This Week in the PSC (04.06.18): State Budget Fails to Increase Senior College Operating Funds
State Budget Fails to Increase Senior College Operating Funds CUNY’s preliminary analysis of the newly enacted State budget shows a $97.8 million increase in funding for CUNY senior colleges. But most of the money comes from increased tuition and from funding that must cover existing fringe benefits. There are essentially…
This Week in the PSC (03.26.18): Last Chance to Urge Albany to Invest in CUNY
NYS Budget Update Both the State Senate and Assembly have passed one-house budget resolutions that increase investment in CUNY. The resolutions name the priorities of the two houses and set the table for this last week of budget negotiations. The Senate proposes a $40 million increase in operating support for…
