Contract Now! Fall ‘24 Online Mass Meeting
Monday, September 9, 6:30 PM, on Zoom
Attend the Fall ‘24 Online Mass Contract Meeting 6:30 PM Monday, September 9 to hear from PSC officers, bargaining team members and member-observers about the progress we’ve made and the escalating campaign it will take to push management to make a better economic offer. Log on to the Zoom to hear questions answered and get involved! We’re taking the fight to the Chancellor!
RSVP: MASS ZOOM MEETING, SEPT. 9
Bargaining Update 28, August 21
The August 21 session, held at CUNY, covered several topics and represented continued progress in reaching or approaching agreement on some issues. It also clarified some areas of sharp disagreement between the union’s positions and those of management. At the session, the PSC agreed to the temporary extension of two expiring contract pilot programs in exchange for CUNY’s agreement to develop proposals that address job insecurity and benefits inequities for CLIP and CUNY Start teachers. Other topics addressed in the session included annual leave time, pay increases with promotion or reclassification, CLT promotions, equity for adjuncts teaching jumbo courses, and union representation of SEEK and College Discovery directors. The bargaining team was extremely disappointed in CUNY’s response to our Ed Tech demands, which amounted to nothing more than the formation of a labor-management committee on the topic. The union views such a committee as a necessary, but insufficient, measure. Read the full update.
Observe Contract Bargaining
All dues-paying members are welcome to observe a bargaining session, after they have attended the online orientation. Hundreds of PSC members have already, and every observer adds to our power. Your next opportunities to attend an orientation are:
- Wednesday, September 18, at 6:30 PM on Zoom. Register here!
- Monday, October 7, at 6:30 PM on Zoom. Register here!
Civil Disobedience Training
Register here for an in-person Civil Disobedience training in the PSC Union Hall Thursday, September 12, 6:30PM. If we don’t see significant movement toward the contract PSC members deserve, the PSC will be ready to escalate in ways that may involve risking arrest. If the bargaining team determines that an action that includes civil disobedience is necessary, we’ll be prepared.
Survey: Tell Us about Your Experience Learning Brightspace
The PSC has filed a grievance arguing that CUNY has violated our contract by failing to provide any compensation for Brightspace training. As the rollout of this new Learning Management System proceeds across campuses, our members have been spending time to train themselves in Brightspace, as well as to convert their courses to Brightspace. Please complete this survey to assist us in developing this grievance.
Complete Brightspace Survey
Adjunct Pay Dates Fall 2024
For the Fall 2024 semester, teaching adjuncts are scheduled to be paid on eight successive adjunct pay dates. At the senior colleges, the first pay date was Thursday, September 5 and the last pay date will be Thursday, December 12. At most community colleges, the first pay date will be Friday, September 13 and the last pay date will be Friday, December 20. LaGuardia, Kingsborough, and Guttman community colleges are on a different schedule. Their first and last Fall session pay dates are respectively Friday, September 27 and Friday, January 3. All dates are posted here on the PSC website.
Tell the Chancellor: Adjuncts Deserve On-Time Pay and Job Security!
Add your name to this petition that amplifies President Davis’ demand for on-time adjunct pay. The petition, directed to the chancellor, also supports our union’s demands for increased job security for adjuncts.
Petition for On-Time Pay, Job Security
Adjunct Health Insurance Enrollment Deadline: September 27
Adjuncts who are newly eligible or have regained eligibility for health insurance and supplemental PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund benefits must submit completed applications/forms to the College Benefits Officer no later than 30 days from the first day of classes. This year, the deadline is September 27. Benefits will take effect the first day of classes. Eligibility requirements are detailed here, along with the list of required applications and documentation.
Decarbonize CUNY Town Halls
The PSC’s Graduate Center chapter hosted the first of ten “Decarbonize CUNY” Town Halls yesterday, September 5th. Join us at one of nine more upcoming town hall meetings being held across all five boroughs. The next will be at LaGuardia Community College on Wednesday, September 11, 2-4 PM (RSVP) and at City Tech on Thursday, September 12, 12:30 PM (RSVP). For a complete list of actions, and more information on the campaign to decarbonize CUNY and make our energy system public and sustainable, visit psc-cuny.org/decarbonize.
Get Out The Vote
Elect Harris/Walz and Pro-CUNY Candidates
The PSC and our state and national affiliates, NYSUT and AFT, are hustling to turn out as many pro worker, pro democracy votes as possible in the presidential election and critical down-ballot races. There are only eight weeks until the election, and New York State’s congressional races could decide control of Congress. Don’t miss a chance to do your part.
Sign up now for PSC organized phone banks to be held on Zoom with your cell or home phone:
- Wednesday, September 11, RSVP 9/11
- Tuesday, September 24, RSVP 9/24
- Tuesday, October 1, RSVP 10/1
- Tuesday, October 8, RSVP 10/8
- Tuesday, October 15, RSVP 10/15
Sign up here for in-person phone banks organized by NYSUT to win Congressional seats on Long Island. They’re being hosted in NYSUT’s Nassau County regional office.
Fill out our PSC Election Team sign-up form so we can connect you to a wide range of volunteer opportunities ranging from labor walks in NYC to bus trips out of state to support the presidential ticket.
Published: September 6, 2024 | Last Modified: September 9, 2024
