Endorsements, Immigrant Solidarity, Adjunct Pay Dates

If you missed the email that PSC President James Davis sent to all members of the bargaining unit this past Tuesday, click here to read the message online.

The annual New York City Labor Day Parade will be held Saturday, September 6, the weekend after the holiday. More than 200 labor unions and worker organizations will participate, including the PSC. Last year, we marched for a fair contract; this year we’re marching to resist the Trump Administration’s attacks on our civil liberties, institutions and democracy. So, make a plan to join us. It will be a powerful way to reengage with the union’s working groups and committees defending immigrants, research funding, academic freedom, LGBTQ+ rights and bodily autonomy. Friends and family are welcome.

Fill out the webform at this link to tell us that you plan to march with the PSC.

The front of the parade steps off from 44th St. & Fifth Ave. and will progress up Fifth Ave. to 64th St. PSC members will meet at 9:30 AM on West 44th St. between 6th Ave. & Broadway. Our union is scheduled to step off at 10:15 AM.

RSVP: SEPTEMBER 6 LABOR DAY PARADE

The PSC’s endorsements for the New York City General Election include Zohran Mamdani for Mayor, Mark Levine for Comptroller, and Jumaane Williams for Public Advocate. Our candidates for Borough President are Vanessa Gibson for The Bronx, Antonio Reynoso for Brooklyn, Brad Hoylman-Sigal for Manhattan, and Donovan Richards for Queens. These candidates are committed to fully funding the City University of New York’s community colleges and fighting to ensure that every New Yorker has access to a high-quality college education. Find more information about these candidates and all of our endorsed candidates for City Council here on the PSC website.

PSC members are fighting hard to elect Zohran Mamdani and other CUNY champions across New York, and we support taxes on corporations and the ultra-wealthy to build an excellent university system and strong public services. Join our political and legislative efforts, and help translate our labor power into political power! Sign up here to get on our PSC volunteer list for phone banks, canvassing, voter registration, events in Albany and NYC, and more!

You can also register here for Zohran for Mayor phone banks on Wednesday, September 3rd and Wednesday, September 10th from 6-8 PM. These phone banks are being organized by the NYC Central Labor Council and will be held at the PSC Office (25 Broadway, 15th floor).

Half of all immigration courthouse arrests nationally this summer were in Manhattan and PSC has responded. PSC members who have gone through a union training are going to federal courthouses in Lower Manhattan to support immigrant New Yorkers who are being targeted by ICE and DHS for detention and deportations. We do not confront or interfere with law enforcement, but by distributing valuable information and observing hearings, we are able to support those who attend routine mandated hearings. If you’ve participated in the PSC’s court support training, you are welcome to show up this Friday, August 29th at 7:30 AM sharp in Thomas Paine Park, at the northern end of Foley Square. Starting in September, we’ll meet at the same location at 7:30 AM every Thursday and Friday.

Members who have not participated in the online courthouse support training can register here for a Zoom training Monday, September 8 at 6:30PM.

The working group will hold an important meeting to update members on the courthouse support work and organize for the fall on-campus campaign. The court watch work has built bonds of solidarity that are strengthening our union and improving our ability to defend our immigrant neighbors. For this reason, we very much hope that you can make this meeting in person although we will also offer a remote option. Register here to have dinner and strategize together at the PSC or to join online.

Fill out this webform to get on the Immigrant Solidarity Working Group list and tell us if you can help with translation.

The PSC has partnered with Worx Printing, a worker-owned union print co-operative, to establish a web store! All items are manufactured on demand, US-made and union-printed, and sold at cost. Your items will be shipped directly to your home! Click here to visit the PSC Swag Shop.