This Week in the PSC (03.25.14): State Budget Update for CUNY
State Budget Deal Update: CUNY Overall, New York’s public universities and their students are shortchanged in the State budget agreement expected to be passed today in Albany. But our organizing has led to some positive items in the budget bills: $75 per-full-time-equivalent increase in Base Aid to CUNY community colleges…
This Week in the PSC (03.04.14): Student, Faculty & Staff Join Forces to Demand Public Higher Ed Investment
Student, Faculty and Staff Join Forces to Demand Investment in Public Higher Education Hundreds of students, faculty and college staff traveled to Albany on February 26 from every corner of the state to demand a better state budget for CUNY and SUNY and a long-term strategy for investing in public…
This Week in the PSC (02.11.14): CUNY Begins to Yield on Pathways
CUNY Begins to Yield on Pathways The CUNY central administration has finally begun to listen to the majority of faculty about Pathways. Changes to the new core curriculum will begin in Fall 2014, according a memo from Interim Chancellor William Kelly. The memo outlines the changes to Pathways that are…
This Week in the PSC (01.27.14): PSC outlines goals for the incoming chancellor
PSC outlines goals for incoming chancellor, Chancellor James B. Milliken During the intersession, the CUNY Board of Trustees voted to appoint James B. Milliken, president of the University of Nebraska system, as the next Chancellor of CUNY. (Read CUNY’s announcement.) Barbara Bowen, president of the PSC, released this statement welcoming…
This Week in the PSC (12.16.13): Contract Rights Upheld in Pathways Grievance
Look for the next issue of This Week in the PSC in January 2014. Best wishes to all for the holiday season. Contract Rights Upheld in Pathways Grievance CUNY management was defeated in its attempt to block consideration of a union grievance on the way the University implemented…
Contract Rights Upheld in Pathways Grievance
CUNY management was defeated in its attempt to block consideration of a union grievance on the way the University implemented Pathways, and has been told in no uncertain terms that faculty’s curricular duties are terms and conditions of employment covered by the PSC’s contract. The ruling was issued…
This Week in the PSC (11.18.13): HEO/CLT Timesheets Campaign Petition Drive
HEO/CLT Timesheets Campaign Petition Drive Union members in HEO, CLT and Research series titles are organizing a university-wide petition campaign pressing CUNY to negotiate with the PSC on the implementation of the new time-sheet system. The drive started in early November at BMCC and City Tech and was launched CUNY-wide…
This Week in the PSC (11.11.13): Your 2013 PSC/CUNY COPE Brochure Is in the Mail
In the Mail: Your 2013 PSC/CUNY COPE Brochure This November, PSC members overwhelmingly supported the candidate we endorsed for Mayor, Bill de Blasio, and helped to elect the most progressive City Council candidates in many years. Soon we'll have a mayor and council who understand the importance of investing in…
Proposed CUNY Policy on Expressive Conduct
PSC Resolution Opposing CUNY’s Policy on “Expressive Conduct” The Delegate Assembly of the PSC has passed a resolution demanding that CUNY’s draft Policy on “Expressive Conduct” be withdrawn from any further consideration by the CUNY Board of Trustees. The draft Policy on Expressive Conduct, a revised iteration of…
This Week in the PSC: Make a Plan to Vote Bill de Blasio for Mayor—Tues., Nov. 5
Make a Plan to Vote Bill de Blasio for Mayor—Tues., Nov. 5 When will you vote tomorrow? Planning ahead is the best way to make time to vote. The PSC endorses Bill de Blasio for Mayor for his strategic vision for CUNY and his focus on ending economic inequality. The…
