This Week in the PSC (04.17.19): Tell NYC to Increase CUNY Funding | Red for Ed on May Day
Wear Red for Ed at CUNY on May 1st May Day is the international workers’ day of action. This year, May Day will also be the day on which Félix Matos Rodríguez takes office as CUNY chancellor and the 518th day that PSC members have been working without a new…
This Week in the PSC (04.11.19): Have you seen this?
Banners like this one will be appearing throughout CUNY. Banner drop at Brooklyn Bridge If you see one, snap a photo and share it on social media with the hashtags #CUNYContractNow #FairPayforAll #7KCUNY. Tell the Mayor and NYC Council to increase City funding for CUNY New York City funds about…
This Week in the PSC (12.06.18): Calling for Full Funding of CUNY, Enactment of Maintenance of Effort Legislation
PRESSING FOR THE CONTRACT WE NEED! CUNY Board of Trustees Meeting, Mon., Dec. 10 CUNY’s budget request still hasn’t been released—weeks after it’s usually made public. Will the budget address our contract demands for competitive salaries and $7K for adjuncts? The trustees need to know that we’re watching and ready…
This Week in the PSC (11.29.18): Get a Contract Now! Poster for Your Office Door or Workspace
Read the latest Contract Bargaining Update Get a Contract Now! Poster for Your Office Door or Workspace Do your part to help make our union’s contract demands even more visible on campus. Contact your chapter chair today to request one of 11 contract campaign posters to hang on your office…
This Week in the PSC (10.30.18): Telling the Board of Trustees to Aim Higher
Barbara Bowen to the Board of Trustees: “Aim Higher!” At a meeting of the CUNY Board of Trustees held last night at Baruch College, PSC President Barbara Bowen urged the Board to take a public stand against the State’s practice of refusing to fund the ongoing costs of labor contracts.…
This Week in the PSC (10.09.18): Press the Presidents Petitions
Press the Presidents for a Fully Funded Contract with Increased Salaries for All and 7K for Adjuncts Seven PSC chapters are collecting signatures using online local petitions urging the presidents of their colleges to publicly support fair adjunct faculty pay of $7000 per course and increased salaries for all CUNY…
This Week in the PSC (10.05.18): 600 March on Wall St. Demanding Investment in CUNY and a Fair Contract
PSC to CUNY Board Chair: We Need a Fair Contract More than 600 CUNY faculty and staff marched through the Financial District last Thursday, September 27, to demand public investment in CUNY and a fair contract. Led by a brass band, PSC members picketed outside the NY Stock Exchange before…
This Week in the PSC (09.24.18): Contract Demo. Thurs., 4 PM | A Make-or-Break Election
Contract Demonstration—Thurs., Sept. 27, 4-6PM March from NY Stock Exchange to CUNY Board Chairman William Thompson’s Office PSC members will march this Thursday, Sept. 27, to the investment banking office of CUNY Board of Trustees chairperson William Thompson. Be there with us to call out Wall St. for hoarding wealth…
This Week in the PSC (09.12.18): Every Vote Will Matter in Thursday's Primary Election
State Primary Elections, Thurs., Sept. 13 Make a Plan to Vote New Yorkers will head to the polls this Thursday, September 13 to choose their party candidates for Governor, Attorney General and members of the Assembly and State Senate. The PSC and our statewide affiliate, NYSUT, have made no endorsement…
This Week in the PSC (09.05.18): Contract Demonstration Sept. 27 | Endorsements for 2018
Contract Demonstration, Thurs., Sept. 27, 4-6PM Financial District On Thursday, September 27 PSC members will gather for a contract demonstration at the NY Stock Exchange (corner of Wall St. and Broad St.). We will march through the Financial District to demand a fair contract and to protest the economic inequality…
