Faculty at the City University of New York plan to march in Manhattan on Monday ahead of contract talks between management and their union.
The most recent deal negotiated by the Professional Staff Congress, which represents roughly 30,000 faculty members at CUNY, has expired — and the union is ramping up ahead of its renegotiating effort.
The last contract was inked after a six-year delay. It offered raises and back pay, but the Professional Staff Congress argued CUNY’s full-time faculty remained underpaid compared with faculty at similar institutions. The union also labeled CUNY adjunct pay as “near-poverty” wages.
“The situation is undermining CUNY’s ability to attract and retain professors and academic staff, making it harder for CUNY to continue to offer a top-rate education to the 500,000 New Yorkers who depend on it,” the staff congress said in announcing Monday’s event, which kicks off at 3:45 p.m. at 365 Fifth Ave. at 34th St.
The march will end outside the CUNY board of trustees meeting at Baruch College on E. 24th St.
