This Week in the PSC (5.23.11): PSC objects to anti-labor CUNY bylaw changes, demands university-wide discussion
Follow the PSC_CUNY on Twitter PSC objects to anti-labor CUNY bylaw changes, demands university-wide discussion In a letter to Chancellor Goldstein, PSC President Barbara Bowen registered the union’s opposition to many of the proposed changes to the CUNY bylaws. She also urged CUNY to delay voting on a set of…
This Week at PSC (5.10.11): CUNY reverses Kushner decision; PSC calls for Trustee Wiesenfeld’s resignation and demands reform of trustee selection
CUNY reverses Kushner decision; PSC calls for Trustee Wiesenfeld’s resignation and demands reform of trustee selection Last Monday the CUNY Board of Trustees voted to table the unanimous recommendation of the faculty of John Jay College to award an honorary degree to playwright Tony Kushner. The vote followed a one-sided…
This Week in the PSC (05.02.11): Be there May 5 and bring a colleague
Follow the PSC_CUNY on Twitter. Be there May 5 and bring a colleague We need you on Thursday, May 5. May 5 is the day the mayor announces his planned budget for the city, and the day the City Council begins negotiating to restore money the mayor has cut. To…
This Week in the PSC (4.25.11): May 5 Rally for the Budget We Need, the Contract We Deserve!
Follow the PSC_CUNY on Twitter. May 5 Rally for the Budget We Need, the Contract We Deserve! Can we count on you for May 5? Sign up now with Alex Reusing. On Thursday, May 5 the PSC is holding our most important demonstration of the year—a rally to make our…
This Week in the PSC (04.04.11): Albany Budget Favors the Rich, Slams the Rest
Follow PSC_CUNY on Twitter Albany Budget Favors the Rich, Slams the Rest Albany made a choice, in the budget passed last week, to sacrifice students’ hopes while handing out tax breaks for the richest New Yorkers. Among many other attacks on ordinary New Yorkers, the final budget included $95.1 million…
This Week at PSC (3.28.11): A Budget Deal Has Been Announced—and Opposition Escalates
Follow the PSC_CUNY on Twitter. A Budget Deal Has Been Announced—and Opposition Escalates The Governor, Senate and Assembly leadership have made a budget deal—a deal that hands over billions of dollars in tax breaks to the wealthy while it cuts hundreds of millions from CUNY, schools, heath care and social…
This Week at PSC (3.21.11): Take Direct Action to Stop Albany’s Austerity Budget
Take Direct Action to Stop Albany’s Austerity Budget We need you in Albany this Wednesday! Join the PSC for a peaceful, non-violent direct action to stop the passage of a budget that puts the interests of corporations and the super-rich above the needs of CUNY and millions of ordinary New…
This Week at PSC (3.14.11): We’ve Exceeded Our Goal of 10%!
We’ve Exceeded Our Goal of 10%! As of Monday afternoon 2,816 PSC members had sent the letter to Albany—our goal was 2,349. Thank you for responding in such numbers. Well over 10% of the faculty and staff the PSC represents rose to President Bowen’s challenge and sent a letter urging…
This Week at PSC (3.7.11): PSC Gets on the Bus to Albany
Get on the Bus to Albany CUNY is under attack, but budget cuts are not inevitable—there is still time to affect this year’s budget. Sign up right now for the Student-Faculty Higher Education Advocacy Day on March 15th and we’ll register you for lobby visits in Albany attended by students,…
This Week in the PSC (02.28.11): We Are All Wisconsin
We Are All Wisconsin Jim Perlstein, co-chair of the PSC Solidarity Committee, addressed thousands of New Yorkers at Saturday’s City Hall Park rally in support of Wisconsin trade unionists. His speech was a crowd favorite, noted for its humor and sharp political bite (A Reuters report of the rally features…
