The Fight to Defend Pro-Palestine Speech on Campus Isn’t Over
Truthout: It has been more than a year since the tents and banners of 2024’s pro-Palestine student encampments came down. But dozens of faculty members, staff, and students nationwide are still navigating the backlash that followed, fighting continued campus repression.
Unions ‘Back Tax The Rich Campaign’ – ‘Reason Increasing Levy On Richest Nyers & Corporations Could Fund Childcare, Tier 6 Reform’
WNY Labor Today: Hundreds of Workers flocked to Albany last week for the latest step in an effort to convince State Lawmakers, particularly Governor Kathy Hochul, to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers. The Tax The Rich Campaign is backed by a number of Unions, and of the over 1,500…
Opinion: Readers sound off on restricting protest, snowball fights and Trump’s speech
NY Daily News: We don’t need to curb protests. We have police. Manhattan: Last week, I testified before the City Council to oppose one of the problematic “buffer zone” bills highlighted in a recent op-ed (“Why we support the City Council’s Safe Access plan,” Feb. 26). These bills would further empower…
Unions, NYCLU Slam Bills That Would Grant Police More Power Over Protests
The City: College faculty unions and the New York Civil Liberties Union are turning up the heat in their opposition to a bill they say would greatly restrict the ability to protest or rally at schools and college campuses. Council Speaker Julie Menin says the bill is necessary to help…
Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York?
It is unclear if Mamdani’s intervention is what ultimately moved CUNY. But the professors’ reinstatement, long-advocated for by the PSC, points to the resurgence of union power in the city.
‘A Pivotal Point For American Democracy – End The Federal Militarization Of America’ – A Joint Statement From United University Professions, PSC/CUNY, Rutgers AAUP-AFT & The Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union
WNY Labor Today: - United University Professions (UUP), representing 42,000 Faculty and Professional Staff at the State University of New York’s (SUNY) State-operated Campuses, the Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (PSC/CUNY), representing 30,000 CUNY Members, and Rutgers American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT) and Rutgers…
Three of CUNY’s ‘Fired Four’ reinstated
The Chief (behind paywall): Three adjunct City University of New York professors who were told last summer that they would not be reappointed for the Fall 2025 semester after they participated in pro-Palestinian protests have been reinstated for the current semester, the union representing the professors announced on Monday. The Professional…
The Professional Staff Congress won’t back down: An interview with PSC president James Davis and executive director Milly Silva
The Chief: In an increasingly hostile climate for unions, university workers and immigrants under the Trump administration, the leadership of the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York is insistent on pushing back. Since Trump came into power, union members and leadership have hit the streets to…
Dust in Delany Hall: CUNY Union Fights Back
The Knight News: “QUEENS COLLEGE IS TOXIC,” read the fliers posted across campus by members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), a CUNY union that serves over 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff. On Monday, November 17th, members of the PSC organized a march at the flagpole behind Jefferson Hall to…
CUNY Leaders Named to Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Committees
CUNY News: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed 20 faculty and staff from the City University of New York to his Transition Committees. They join more than 400 New Yorkers selected to provide critical personnel and policy guidance to the incoming administration. The committees will help prepare City Hall to address some…
