This Week in the PSC (04.15.22): 50 Years of the PSC
50 Years of the PSC Fifty years ago, on April 14, 1972, the Legislative Conference and the United Federation of College Teachers merged to create the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY. In the five decades that have followed, the PSC has been a leading force for academic unionism and a tenacious advocate for…
This Week in the PSC (03.26.22): An action a day to bring home $500M
An Action a Day to Bring Home $500M Funding toward the New Deal for CUNY is central to the final budget discussion in Albany. An increase of as much as $500 million is on the table for CUNY, and we have seven days left to bring it home. Legislators will be…
This Week in the PSC (02.24.22): New Sponsors for the Brooklyn Bridge March | New Video Ad
If you missed President Davis’s update on the vaccine mandate sent earlier today, February, 24, 2022, read it here. March Across the Brooklyn Bridge This is THE BIG EVENT of the state budget campaign. Join us! We’ll start at 12 noon on Sunday, March 6 at Brooklyn Borough…
This Week in the PSC (02.09.22): Vaccine Mandate | Delayed Adjunct Paychecks
Vaccine Mandate for Faculty and Staff The CUNY Board of Trustees, in accordance with Governor Hochul’s directive, voted at their January 31 meeting to enact a vaccine mandate for all faculty, instructional staff and personnel in the Executive Compensation Plan. The resolution (item No. 11) states that the mandate will…
This Week in the PSC (01.25.22): Poll Results | Friday Rallies for Health, Safety and Jobs
Rallies for Health, Safety and JobsBronx Community College & Medgar Evers CollegeFri., Jan. 28 @12:30PM Classes are scheduled to begin this Friday, and CUNY management has failed to put forward an actual policy to implement and clarify the employee vaccine mandate. Our demands for expanded testing and distribution of masks…
This Week in the PSC (01.11.22): 3,200 Petition for a Safe Return | Protect Voting Rights
3,200 Faculty and Staff Sign Petition Calling for a Safe Return President James Davis delivered the union’s Spring Safe Return Petition to Chancellor Matos Rodríguez on Thursday, January 6. The petition, launched before the Omicron COVID surge, called on the Chancellor to meet the conditions laid out by the PSC…
This Week in the PSC (12.16.21): Urge Albany to Pass the New Deal for CUNY | Pledge Not to Scab
Urge Your Legislators to Support the New Deal for CUNY Send and Share the CUNY Rising Alliance Action Letter CUNY Rising Alliance and the PSC are building on the hugely successful march in Queens with a letter campaign meant to build broad community, alumni and student support for increased CUNY…
This Week in the PSC (12.01.21): Sign the Petition! CUNY Safe Return Cannot Be One Size Fits All
#CUNYSafeReturn Cannot Be One Size Fits All The PSC expects the University administration to provide clear, sensible, safe guidance for the Spring 2022 semester that is responsive to emerging information about new COVID variants. Add your name to this petition calling on the Chancellor to reject arbitrary one-size-fits-all standards that…
This Week in the PSC (11.22.21): Support for big funding increases for CUNY is growing
Support is Rising for The New Deal for CUNY and Increased CUNY Investment Senator John Liu supported the call for $416 million in public investment in CUNY in the Gotham Gazette last week. Assemblymember Karines Reyes, sponsor of the New Deal for CUNY, demanded that the state stop targeting faculty…
