This Week in the PSC (09.08.15): Emergency Union Chapter Meetings; We Need You There
Emergency Union Chapter Meetings; We Need You There PSC chapters are holding emergency meetings this month to plan the latest escalation of the campaign for a new PSC-CUNY contract. Most are gathering this week or next week. Dates are posted at the bottom of this email. Check the online calendar…
This Week in the PSC (08.31.15): A New Level of Resistance in the Contract Campaign
A New Level of Resistance in the Contract Campaign After more than a year in office, Chancellor Milliken has yet to offer a single dollar for raises or back-pay and has failed to secure funding for the contract from the State. PSC members have gone six years without a raise…
This Week in the PSC (07.27.15): Calling On the Governor to Sign the Bill to Strengthen CUNY
Regular editions of This Week in the PSC will resume in the fall. In July and August, the email newsletter is published as necessary. Contract bargaining updates will come, as they have been, as emails from President Barbara Bowen. Calling On the Governor to Sign the Bill to Strengthen CUNY…
This Week in the PSC (06.15.15): Two Days to Pass a Bill to Improve CUNY Funding
Albany Lawmakers Have Two Days to Pass a Bill to Improve CUNY Funding If you haven’t yet, please send the PSC’s e-letter urging legislators to support Assembly Bill 5370a/Senate Bill 281a. It would provide future funding for the PSC contract and ensure that tuition hikes go to improve education, not…
This Week in the PSC (05.11.15): Teach in Your T-Shirt Day–Tues., May 12
Tuesday May 12 is “Teach in Your T-Shirt Day.” Help send a strong message to our students and the CUNY administration about what is at stake in this contract. Be a part of “Teach in Your T-Shirt Day” tomorrow, May 12. Hundreds of your colleagues will wear a union t-shirt…
This Week in the PSC (05.06.15): Tuesday, May 12 is “Teach in Your T-Shirt Day.”
Tuesday, May 12 is “Teach in Your T-Shirt Day.” Hundreds of your colleagues now have a union t-shirt that says: “Five Years without a Union Contract Hurts CUNY Students. Ask Me Why.” They’re wearing the t-shirts when they are teaching, counseling or working with students, and when they are meeting…
This Week in the PSC (04.28.15): New Contract Campaign T-Shirts Coming This Week
New Contract Campaign T-Shirts Coming This Week Hundreds of PSC members are wearing contract campaign t-shirts in class and at work. And hundreds more shirts have been reserved and ordered. You can still support the union’s fight for a fair contract with retroactive pay by wearing a t-shirt that says,…
This Week in the PSC (04.20.15): Take our message about the contract directly to students
Take Our Message about the Contract Directly to Students Wear a T-Shirt at Work Hundreds of PSC members now have t-shirts that say, “Five Years without a Union Contract Hurts CUNY Students’’—and on the back: “Ask Me Why.” They're wearing them in class and at work, and talking with CUNY…
This Week in the PSC (04.15.15): Build Student Support for the Contract Fight
Build Student Support for the Contract Fight Wear a T-Shirt at Work Two bargaining sessions are scheduled this week—and we need to see real movement from the CUNY Administration on the union’s contract demands. You can help keep the pressure on the CUNY bosses by clicking here to join the…
This Week in the PSC (04.06.15): Hundreds March to Demand Contract Progress
Hundreds March to Demand Contract Progress Hundreds of PSC members turned out Tuesday, March 31 for a rainy but spirited protest and march outside Hunter College to demand that CUNY management stop stalling at the bargaining table. (See photos.) The CUNY administration has put no money on the table for…
