This Week in the PSC (10.24.11): Tuesday Night: A Call to Action: Defend the Social Safety Net
Tuesday Night: A Call to Action: Defend the Social Safety Net As the “Super Committee” meets in Washington, preparing to recommend $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions—including potential cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and pensions—the PSC is developing a labor response. Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and…
This Week in the PSC (10.17.11): Keep the Pressure on For Adjunct Health Insurance
Keep the Pressure on For Adjunct Health Insurance The PSC’s all-out campaign to push CUNY to solve the adjunct health insurance crisis is showing results, but there is much more to do. To start, we need many more signatures on the petition. If you haven’t signed, please do so right…
This Week in the PSC (10.12.11): Help Defend the Social Safety Net
Help Defend the Social Safety Net – Save the Date: October 25 Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, will keynote a forum entitled A Call to Action: Defend the Social Safety Net on Tuesday, October 25 from 6:00-8:30 PM at the SEIU1199 Auditorium (310 West…
This Week in the PSC (9.3.11): CUNY Announces it Will Seek Funding for Adjunct Health Care
CUNY Announces it Will Seek Funding for Adjunct Health Care As hundreds of PSC members protested inside and outside last Monday’s (9/26/11) Board of Trustees meeting, CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein announced that the University will seek funding for adjunct health insurance in its upcoming State budget request. Visit our website…
This Week in the PSC (9.26.11):Tell the CUNY Board: CUNY Must Fund Adjunct Health Insurance
Tell the CUNY Board: CUNY Must Fund Adjunct Health Insurance The union will be out in force today (Sept. 26) at the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting at Baruch College. We’ll be there voicing our urgent demand that CUNY fund adjunct health insurance—before 1,700 of our friends and colleagues lose…
This Week in the PSC (9.19.11): September 26th Demonstration for Adjunct Health Insurance
September 26th Demonstration for Adjunct Health Insurance Next Monday, September 26, at 4:00 PM hundreds of your CUNY colleagues will gather at the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting at Baruch College. Please join us in attending the Board meeting and demonstrating outside of Baruch College (55 Lexington Ave. at 24th…
This Week in the PSC (9.12.11): Do the Right Thing, CUNY!
Do the Right Thing, CUNY! That’s the message we’ll deliver at 4:00 PM on Monday, September 26 when we rally at the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting at Baruch College. Please join us as we demand that CUNY provide a permanent structural solution to the crisis in adjunct health insurance…
This Week in the PSC (9.6.11): Solidarity at CUNY!
Solidarity at CUNY! Speak up for Adjunct Health Insurance Add your voice to demand a permanent structural solution to the crisis in adjunct health insurance before 1,700 colleagues lose their coverage. The campaign is growing, but we need your help too. Take a moment right now and take action—here’s what…
This Week in the PSC (8.30.11): Save Adjunct Healthcare! Join the Growing Campaign.
Save Adjunct Healthcare! Join the Growing Campaign. The union’s public campaign to press CUNY to live up to its basic responsibility of funding health insurance for all eligible adjuncts is growing, but it has to get even bigger—before 1,700 of our colleagues lose their coverage! The PSC remains willing and…
This Week in the PSC (8.8.11): In solidarity with Verizon workers
In solidarity with Verizon workers—sign the petition 45,000 CWA and IBEW members are now on strike to stop Verizon’s attempt to gut their contract. Despite record profits, Verizon is demanding concessions that would let them outsource more jobs, slash sick days and holidays, eliminate benefits for injured workers, and cut…