40+ CUNY SUPPORTERS ARRESTED DURING ‘DIE-IN’ AT GOV. CUOMO’S MIDTOWN OFFICE
Previous Pause Next Hundreds More Rally Demanding Cuomo and Legislative Leaders Pass a State Budget that Invests in CUNY Students and Professors New York, March 24, 2016. —“C-U-N-Y Don’t let CUNY die!” was the chant today as 41 CUNY supporters locked arms and lay down blocking the doors…
President Barbara Bowen's Statement on CUNY’s Declaration of Impasse in the PSC-CUNY Contract Negotiations
January 26, 2016 “Having failed to make an economic offer to the union for five years, and having finally offered what amounts to a salary cut, The City University of New York has now claimed that contract negotiations are at an impasse. A declaration of impasse - if…
President Barbara Bowen's Statement on the State Budget Testimony of Mayor de Blasio and Comptroller Stringer
President Barbara Bowen's Statement on the State Budget Testimony of Mayor de Blasio and Comptroller Stringer January 26, 2016 “The PSC is heartened by Mayor de Blasio’s call for a fair resolution of the PSC-CUNY contract today and by his reiteration that the NYC will pay its proportionate…
Groups, Clergy to Cuomo: Invest in CUNY and Its Professors
Previous Pause Next On Monday, January 11, two days before the release of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Budget, clergy and representatives of the city’s most active community groups, civil rights organizations, and unions urged Governor Andrew Cuomo to restore state funding for the City University of New York…
Bernie Sanders Tells Governor Cuomo: CUNY Needs A Raise
Letter from Senator Bernie Sanders to Governor Cuomo Fact sheet on Governor Cuomo's austerity approach to CUNY Senator Bernie Sanders, presidential candidate and Brooklyn native, is calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to invest in the City University of New York and fund a fair union contract for CUNY faculty and…
This Week in the PSC (12.06.15): Tell Governor Cuomo Not to Veto CUNY Funding
Tell Governor Cuomo Not to Veto CUNY Funding Governor Cuomo has until Dec. 11 to sign or veto legislation that overwhelmingly passed the Assembly and Senate to protect educational quality at CUNY and SUNY. 3,600 PSC members have already sent an e-letter urging him to sign it. Hundreds more have…
This Week in the PSC (11.30.15): Coverage in The Nation, Messages of Solidarity
Read coverage of the contract campaign in The Nation Leaders of Teachers’ Unions Send PSC Messages of Solidarity PSC members at the mass meeting on Nov. 19 received messages of support from unionists from around the nation who have also held strike authorization votes. Click this link to see a…