This Week in the PSC (04.11.19): Have you seen this?
Banners like this one will be appearing throughout CUNY. Banner drop at Brooklyn Bridge If you see one, snap a photo and share it on social media with the hashtags #CUNYContractNow #FairPayforAll #7KCUNY. Tell the Mayor and NYC Council to increase City funding for CUNY New York City funds about…
Wearing REDforED at CUNY
Previous Pause Next Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez took office on May 1st--May Day--the international day of workers action and solidarity. And 3,000 of us wore REDforED that day to welcome him and deliver a call to action. We wish the chancellor much success, but in order to be…
NY Daily News: The true crime in higher education: how we’ve abandoned public universities like CUNY
PSC Members Give Gov Cuomo A Wake Up Call before rallying at City Hall
Previous Pause Next Protesters at Double-Header Events Demand Contract Funding, Fair Raises and Equity Pay for Adjuncts New York, NY—Faculty and professional staff of the City University of New York escalated their fight for a fully funded union contract today with double-header rallies outside the Governor’s NYC office…
PSC Delivers State Budget Testimony
PSC To Legislators: Fully Fund CUNY, Fund Competitive Salaries and 7K for Adjuncts PSC officers were in Albany Monday, January 28 to testify before a joint hearing of the State Senate and Assembly finance committees on the Executive Budget for higher education. PSC President Barbara Bowen, in her…
Statement On the Veto of the Maintenance of Effort Bill
The Maintenance of Effort bill has been vetoed, despite having passed both houses of the Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support. The bill won widespread support because it would have ensured that the state’s public universities, CUNY and SUNY, receive funding to cover mandatory costs such as rent and…
This Week in the PSC (12.06.18): Calling for Full Funding of CUNY, Enactment of Maintenance of Effort Legislation
PRESSING FOR THE CONTRACT WE NEED! CUNY Board of Trustees Meeting, Mon., Dec. 10 CUNY’s budget request still hasn’t been released—weeks after it’s usually made public. Will the budget address our contract demands for competitive salaries and $7K for adjuncts? The trustees need to know that we’re watching and ready…
