Fears of election tampering drive new labor coalition
The Chief Leader: New York City labor unions representing more than one million workers launched an election protection coalition Oct. 15, pledging to mobilize members and resources to defend voting rights ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Approximately 1,000 union members representing dozens of organizations gathered outside the Farley…
Going fast and free on Mamdani’s streets
The Daily News: PSC-CUNY, which signed the Streets Plan letter, has members who must commute to multiple campuses spread out across the city that can include difficult to reach Kingsborough and Queensborough Community Colleges and the College of Staten Island, and who know all too well the importance of saving…
The fight for more ‘just cause’ for more workers
The Chief Leader: In most union contracts, “just cause” means that for any disciplinary action that will go into your personnel file – from a warning to a termination – the employer must be able to show a valid reason for that discipline, and justify the extent of the penalty…
Opinion: New York’s wealthiest universities need to finally pitch in
City & State: If we want all New York City students to have access to high quality higher education, we should demand long-term structural changes. NYU and Columbia are renowned institutions of international stature. Their property tax exemption is predicated on their contribution to the public good. However, the state…
New York senators back effort to audit CUNY pension enrollment failures
silive.com: Three New York state senators have signed on to support legislation that would force the City University of New York to audit its pension enrollment system after years of enrollment failures left faculty and staff members facing unexpected bills totaling thousands of dollars.
CUNY faculty and staff picket over recent Queens College budget cuts
QNS: The union Professional Staff Congress (PSC), along with faculty and staff from the City University of New York, picketed outside the Wall Street investment bank that employs William Thompson, chair of the CUNY Board of Trustees, on Monday, July 27. The protest came in response to Queens College President…
Queens College faculty calls for CUNY to reverse cuts
Queens Daily Eagle: Faculty members at Queens’ largest City University of New York college are pushing back against budget cuts, which have led to a number of cancelled classes and layoffs of adjunct professors. Several departments at Queens College were told earlier this year they had to cut their overall…
Labor Unions Rally at Delaney Hall
Insider NJ: Union members and community activists rallied Sunday outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center to protest the facility’s inhumane conditions and demand the release of those held inside. The rally was the latest in a series of monthly protests that have been held by the Labor Eyes on…
Keeping higher education in focus in the 2026 midterms
AFT.org: The AFT/AAUP Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education was the focus of the Higher Education Committee’s presentation at the AFT convention in Washington, D.C., on Saturday afternoon. According to Professional Staff Congress President and Higher Education PPC Chair James C. Davis, the blueprint grew out of the national…
Queens College President Frank Wu To Retire
Queens Ledger: Queens College President Franklin H. Wu announced that he will retire on July 30, leaving many in the campus community wondering what comes next for the college. Franklin H. Wu became the 14th president of Queens College on July 1, 2020, succeeding Interim President William A. Tramontano. By…
