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The Delegate Assembly of the PSC has passed a resolution demanding that CUNY’s draft Policy on “Expressive Conduct” be withdrawn from any further consideration by the CUNY Board of Trustees.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…
This Week in the PSC (10.29.13): Support Campus Equity Week
Support Campus Equity Week It’s Campus Equity Week, a time to renew our commitment to improving the working conditions of adjunct faculty, organize for action and build solidarity among our colleagues. PSC is marking Campus Equity Week this week and next week by sharing some of the job-insecurity testimony adjuncts…
This Week in the PSC (10.22.13):Audit of Dependent Heath Coverage Deadline Extended to Nov. 4
Audit of Dependent Heath Coverage Deadline Extended to November 4 PSC bargaining unit members and retirees under 80 years of age who have dependents covered by their City health insurance plan have been receiving notices from the City over the past few weeks about the Audit of Dependent Benefits Eligibility.…
This Week in the PSC (10.15.13): Collecting Adjunct's Job-Insecurity Stories
Adjuncts: Share Your Job-Insecurity Story! Job security for adjuncts is a priority demand for the PSC in the current round of collective bargaining for a new contract. To support the union's negotiations with CUNY management about this issue, PSC is collecting stories about how job insecurity personally affects adjuncts at…
This Week in the PSC (10.08.13): Register to Vote and Encourage Your Students to Register Before the Fri. Oct. 11 Deadline
Register to Vote and Encourage Your Students to Register Before the Fri. Oct. 11 Deadline If you or your students have not registered to vote, this is your last week to register in time to vote in the Nov. 5 General Election. Completed voter registration forms must be postmarked by…
Images from the No Austerity Contract! No Austerity Education! Rally–Sept. 2013
Previous Pause Next Two hundred PSC members joined a union rally at the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting at Baruch College Monday, September 30. Faculty and staff demonstrated inside the Board meeting and in the street outside Baruch to reiterate the union’s refusal to accept an austerity contract…
This Week in the PSC (08.28.13): Volunteer to Help Get Out The Vote
Volunteer to Help Get Out the Vote PSC members are volunteering to help elect Bill de Blasio as mayor and the union’s other endorsed candidates. This election is a real chance to have a progressive mayor and a City Council who will fight for good jobs, better schools, accessible public…
This Week in the PSC (08.19.13): PSC Calls for an Unbiased Review of Pathways
PSC Calls for an Unbiased Review of Pathways The June 2011 Board of Trustees resolution that established Pathways mandates annual reviews of all Pathways policies and processes, beginning in 2013. The resolution is silent on who will conduct the review and how it will be conducted. In An Open Letter…
This Week in the PSC (07.23.13): RSVP for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
Realize the Dream. RSVP for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington Civil rights, faith-based and community groups and labor unions, including the PSC, are mobilizing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the occasion of Martin Luther King’s "I Have…
