This Week in the PSC (04.11.16): NYT Editorial
In the News: April 11 In an editorial published today, the New York Times addresses rumors of a planned CUNY-SUNY merger, which surfaced during the State budget negotiations. The editorial, Don’t Dilute CUNY’s Urban Mission, notes that the merger idea reappeared this year in news reports related to the proposal…
This Week in the PSC (04.06.16): State Budget Response and Analysis
State Budget Response and Analysis The State budget passed last week without a half-billion dollar shift in CUNY funding from the State to the City, but also without funding for PSC members’ back pay and without funding to offset the tuition freeze. In her message to members, President Bowen said…
This Week in the PSC (03.16.16): CUNY Writers Against Austerity
CUNY Writers Against Austerity A reading In Defense of CUNY More than fifty writers of poetry and fiction will take a stand against the continued fiscal starvation of CUNY this Sunday, March 20 from 4-7 p.m. at Cooper Union's Great Hall (7 East 7th Street). It will be the largest…
This Week in the PSC (03.08.16): #CUNYrising Rally, March and Meeting
#CUNYrising Rally, March and Meeting—Thurs., Mar. 10, 5 PM New Yorkers are mobilizing to defend their university. A coalition of 25 community, student, religious, and labor groups has been forming in response to the proposed cuts to CUNY, the planned tuition increase, and the failure to resolve CUNY contracts. The…
This Week in the PSC: (02.29.16) #CUNYRising Rally | Send a Letter to Albany
This Week in the PSC/PSC in the News: #CUNYRising Rally │Send a Letter to Albany In the News This morning, WNYC ran a segment focused on state disinvestment in CUNY and the PSC-CUNY contract. In it, both President Bowen and Chancellor Milliken emphasized the need for a contract that will…
This Week in the PSC (02.02.16): Why Impasse? Why Now?
PSC in the News Here is the newspaper and blog coverage of the Union’s response to CUNY’s Impasse Declaration: AFT News, The Chief (paywall), Kings County Politics, Metro, PoliticoNY, PoliticoNY (Pro), Staten Island Advance (front page), Times Union. Sharon Persinger, treasurer of the PSC, is a guest on this episode…
This Week in the PSC (02.02.16): Why Impasse? Why Now?
PSC in the News Here is the newspaper and blog coverage of the Union’s response to CUNY’s Impasse Declaration: AFT News, Kings County Politics, Metro, PoliticoNY, PoliticoNY (Pro), Staten Island Advance (front page), Times Union. Sharon Persinger, treasurer of the PSC, is a guest on this episode of “The Radical…
This Week in the PSC (12.06.15): Tell Governor Cuomo Not to Veto CUNY Funding
Tell Governor Cuomo Not to Veto CUNY Funding Governor Cuomo has until Dec. 11 to sign or veto legislation that overwhelmingly passed the Assembly and Senate to protect educational quality at CUNY and SUNY. 3,600 PSC members have already sent an e-letter urging him to sign it. Hundreds more have…
This Week in the PSC (11.30.15): Coverage in The Nation, Messages of Solidarity
Read coverage of the contract campaign in The Nation Leaders of Teachers’ Unions Send PSC Messages of Solidarity PSC members at the mass meeting on Nov. 19 received messages of support from unionists from around the nation who have also held strike authorization votes. Click this link to see a…
This Week in the PSC (11.24.15): Help Organize for a Powerful Strike Authorization Vote
Help Organize for a Powerful Strike Authorization Vote Hundreds of PSC members have already signed up to help assure a maximum turnout and a powerful, united strike authorization vote. You can sign up too, by filling out this online commitment card and choosing one of the training dates listed on…
