This Week in the PSC (10.05.18): 600 March on Wall St. Demanding Investment in CUNY and a Fair Contract
PSC to CUNY Board Chair: We Need a Fair Contract More than 600 CUNY faculty and staff marched through the Financial District last Thursday, September 27, to demand public investment in CUNY and a fair contract. Led by a brass band, PSC members picketed outside the NY Stock Exchange before…
This Week in the PSC (09.24.18): Contract Demo. Thurs., 4 PM | A Make-or-Break Election
Contract Demonstration—Thurs., Sept. 27, 4-6PM March from NY Stock Exchange to CUNY Board Chairman William Thompson’s Office PSC members will march this Thursday, Sept. 27, to the investment banking office of CUNY Board of Trustees chairperson William Thompson. Be there with us to call out Wall St. for hoarding wealth…
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…
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…
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…
