This Week in the PSC (03.13.18): Be With US at the Bargaining Table
Be With Us at the Bargaining Table Sign the New, Stronger PSC Membership Card Increase the union’s power before the first bargaining session for a new contract on Wednesday. If you haven’t already, please add your name to those of thousands of CUNY colleagues who have reaffirmed their dues-paying membership…
New Yorkers to Albany: Tax Stock Buyback Trades to Protect Healthcare, Housing and Education
Previous Pause Next Released: March 9, 2018 Contact: Fran Clark, [email protected], 914-364-8925 New Yorkers to Albany: Tax Stock Buyback Trades to Protect Healthcare, Housing and Education Groups Say Companies That Use Their Federal #GOPTAXSCAM Windfalls to Buy Back Stock and Enrich Investors Should Pay Their Fair Share of…
Solidarity Statement with University and College Union Strike in the UK
The Professional Staff Congress, the trade union of 30,000 faculty and professional staff at the City University of New York, salutes our colleagues of the University and College Union on strike to defend their pensions, and expresses our warm solidarity with their struggle. A strike is always an…
This Week in the PSC (03.08.18): PSC Fights for Full Funding of CUNY
PSC Fights for Full Funding of CUNY The Governor’s budget proposal holds state spending for CUNY essentially flat, but PSC members and officers are lobbying aggressively for increased funding for CUNY. The Legislature and the Governor must finalize the State budget by the end of March. Dozens of PSC members…
The PSC Stands in Solidarity with the Brave Teachers of West Virginia
The Professional Staff Congress, the union representing 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York, stands in solidarity with teachers and staff of West Virginia schools as you return to work today. We congratulate you on your victory and share your relief in being able…
CUNY/SUNY STUDENTS, FACULTY & STAFF TO LAWMAKERS: INVEST IN QUALITY EDUCATION, ON-TIME GRADUATION
Albany, 2/28/18 — More than 500 college students, faculty and staff are in Albany as part of a statewide Higher Education Action Day urging lawmakers to increase state funding for the State University and the City University of New York—SUNY and CUNY. The governor’s Executive Budget holds state…
This Week in the PSC (02.14.18): Janus v AFSCME and our PSC Contract
Janus v AFSCME and our PSC Contract Our union has the power to make gains in each contract because we all contribute financially. But the Supreme Court is expected to prohibit union fee collection for public workers when it rules on Janus V. AFSCME, a lawsuit designed to destroy unions…
This Week in the PSC (02.05.18): We are Stronger Because We Stick Together as a Union
We are Stronger Because We Stick Together as a Union Sign Our New PSC Membership Card On Monday, February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Janus v. AFSCME, a case backed by politicians and corporate interests scheming to destroy unions like the PSC and end our power to work…