This Week in the PSC (04.02.12): PSC Elections: Ballots Mailed This Week
2012 PSC Elections: Ballots Mailed This Week On April 2, ballots are being mailed to members’ homes for the election of the 27-member Executive Council (including president, first vice president, secretary and treasurer), and delegates to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), and American…
This Week in the PSC (03.26.12): Part-Timers! The Tier IV Pension Enrollment Deadline is Sat., Mar 31
Part-Timers! The Tier IV Pension Enrollment Deadline is Sat., Mar 31 New York is instituting a new, inferior pension plan (Tier 6) that will apply to all CUNY employees, including adjuncts, who join Teachers Retirement System (TRS) on or after April 1. Teaching Adjuncts, Non-Teaching Adjuncts, and Adjunct CLTs have…
PSC President Barbara Bowen Responds to the Creation of Tier 6 Pensions
The passage of Tier 6 had everything to do with political ambition and an ideological agenda of protecting the rich; it had nothing to do with solving New York State’s immediate budget shortfall. It was a vote against the interests of whole generations of working people and the communities that…
This Week in the PSC (3.5.12): Thursday, March 8 Town Hall Meeting on Pathways
Thursday, March 8: Town Hall Meeting on Pathways Opposition to Pathways, CUNY’s top-down overhaul of general education, is growing across the University. It’s time to reset decision-making on curriculum change! Come to the PSC Town Hall Meeting on Pathways, on Thursday, March 8: hear updates on the union’s litigation, a…
This Week in the PSC (02.29.12): Thursday, March 8: Town Hall Meeting on Pathways
Thursday, March 8: Town Hall Meeting on Pathways: On March 8, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., the PSC will hold a Town Hall Meeting on Pathways, CUNY’s controversial overhaul of general education “If you are one of the thousands of faculty and staff across CUNY who have struggled with Pathways…
This Week in the PSC (02.16.12): Townhall Meeting on Pathways
Opposing Pathways: Protecting Faculty Governance and the Quality of a CUNY Degree Save the date! PSC will hold a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, March 8 from 6:00-8:30pm on Pathways, CUNY’s controversial overhaul of general education and transfer requirements, which circumvents elected faculty input and dilutes academic standards. Hear from…
This Week in the PSC (02.06.12): Watch PSC Leaders and Others Testify in Albany
Watch PSC Leaders and Others Testify in Albany PSC President Barbara Bowen and PSC First Vice President Steven London testified at a state budget hearing last Wednesday alongside leaders from United University Professions and New York State United Teachers. The union leaders were heartened by the Governor’s plan to fund…
PSC's State Budget Testimony for Fiscal Year 2013
Video of the entire hearing is on the New York State Senate Website here. Here are the time stamps for CUNY-related testimony in hours and minutes: CUNY Chancellor Goldstein: 1:46 NYSUT Executive Vice President Andrew Pallotta:4:12 PSC President Barbara Bowen: 4:28 NYPIRG Chairperson Kathleen Jorden: 5:53 NY Students Rising, Jackie…
This Week in the PSC (01.30.12): President Bowen to Testify at State Budget Hearing
Watch Online: President Bowen to Testify at State Budget Hearing The Legislature’s day-long joint public hearing on funding for higher education in the Governor’s Executive Budget is this Wednesday from 9:30 AM to 5 PM. PSC President Barbara Bowen will testify at the hearing alongside leaders from United University Professions…
This Week in the PSC (01.24.12): Community colleges need investment ASAP
PSC to NYC Council: All students should have access to ASAP-like investment As a political battle heats up about the success of Mayor Bloomberg’s much-celebrated initiative to transform the public school system, critics have pointed out that fewer than one in four students who graduate from NYC schools are ready…
