What Could the Trump Administration’s Federal Spending Cuts Mean for CUNY Students?
The Knight News: Amid sweeping proposals to slash federal spending, students and faculty across the City University of New York (CUNY) are raising concerns about the future of financial aid, healthcare, and academic funding. Recent executive orders from President Donald Trump that aim to eliminate the Department of Education (ED)…
Protesters Rally for Academic Freedom in New York City
Yahoo! News: Protesters and politicians gathered at City Hall in New York, New York, on Thursday, April 24, to call on universities to protect students and academic freedom. The Rally for Academic Freedom was organized by the New York City Council Progressive Caucus, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) District…
CUNY faculty, staff demand clarity on backpay
Amsterdam News: Members of the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, AFT Local #2334 (PSC-CUNY), organized a picket line outside CUNY’s central offices located at 205 East 42nd Street in Manhattan on Tuesday, April 15.
Higher Ed Unions Rally for the Right to Learn
NYC CLC: On Wednesday, April 17, educators, students, and union members from across New York City rallied at Foley Square to defend the right to learn, teach, research and protest in the face of escalating political attacks on higher education. Marchers gathered at Washington Square Park before making their way…
Higher Ed Unions Rally in Foley Square, Vow to ‘Meet the Moment’
The Indypendent: Against the granite columns of the New York County Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, hundreds of professors, students, school staff and alumni rallied yesterday afternoon in defense of higher education.
Rally Kicks Off In New York Over US Federal Move To Cut Funding For Universities
Business Today: Hundreds of faculty, students, researchers, and staff from New York universities rallied in Manhattan on Thursday against policies and funding cuts targeting higher education under U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
PSC members await retro, bonus pay
The Chief: Members of the Professional Staff Congress at CUNY are frustrated that, three months after ratifying their contract, they still haven’t received their ratification bonuses, retroactive pay or raises. The union’s rank and file ratified the pact, which provides a $3,000 ratification bonus and two retroactive 3-percent raises, on…
You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It’s Everywhere.
Mother Jones: It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend’s “Hands Off” protests against President Donald…
CUNY deserves to get more funding
The Ticker: At the end of February, the Professional Staff Congress CUNY President Dr. James Davis gave a testimony at the joint Higher Education Executive Budget Hearing in Albany. During the testimony, PSC voiced its appreciation for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s cooperation in helping to fund CUNY in the wake of…
Thousands march in Manhattan against MAGA cuts
Workers World: From New York’s City Hall to Bowling Green, the march stretched from curb to curb in Manhattan on March 15, behind a lead banner that read “Stand with workers. Stop the cuts.” Among the thousands who marched, many held signs opposing Trump’s attacks on Medicaid, Medicare and Social…
