RSVP for April 15 Unionwide May Day Action Plan Briefing

Join the PSC at 6:30 PM Wednesday, April 15 for an unionwide online briefing on the union’s May Day action plan. Union leaders will put the PSC’s plans for the week of May 1st and the citywide May Day mobilization in the context of our local struggles at CUNY and the national campaign to resist the nation’s decline into authoritarianism and oligarchy. Our May Day Captains will talk about how and why they’re building the organizing power of our union. Click here to register for the April 15th Zoom.

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APRIL 15 MAY DAY BRIEFING

Pledge to Take May Day Action
with the PSC

Friday, May 1st and All Week

Click here to pledge to take action with the PSC the week of May Day. We’ll be wearing red at work, blitzing campuses about May Day and union membership, attending local campus events, and marching in the citywide May Day mobilization on Friday, May 1st. At 4:30 PM on May Day, we’ll gather at Washington Square Park with tens of thousands of fellow New Yorkers organized by labor unions, immigrant organizations, and community groups. We will be stepping off at 5:30 from Washington Square Park and then march to Foley Square. The theme for the protest is “We will not be silent. Workers Over Billionaires.”

The NYC Central Labor Council, the NY Immigration Coalition, the PSC, and other groups are making May Day our single highest priority day of action of Trump’s term so far. The PSC needs to strengthen our organizing muscle to be ready for the threats that are still ahead, and May Day is our next big test. We’re organizing to double our No Kings turnout for the May Day protest march. If you’re ready to help strengthen our union to defend our institution and our democracy and get ready for the next contract fight, click here to be a May Day Captain for your worksite.

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Register now for a live question and answer session on the New York City Employees PPO plan, the new health insurance plan for active employees, pre-Medicare retirees, and their dependents that took effect January 1st of this year. Attendees will hear from and have a chance to ask questions of PSC leaders and experts from EmblemHealth, UnitedHealthcare, and the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund. All dues-paying members of the PSC are invited to participate.

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You Don’t Have to Wait to Have Your Health Care Questions Answered

PSC leaders and healthcare experts are monitoring the rollout of the New York City Employee PPO. Union staff will help answer any questions you may have.

SUBMIT YOUR HEALTH CARE QUESTIONS HERE

Last month, Intro-175-B, a bill that would require the NYPD to establish security perimeters around educational facilities, was passed by the City Council. However, thanks to PSC members’ advocacy, the bill doesn’t have a veto-proof majority. Now we need to demand Mayor Mamdani veto the bill and keep the pressure on council members to not override his veto. The bill has been presented as a solution to keep students safe during protests, but instead it would limit free speech and increase NYPD presence at campuses. Join the PSC, higher education unions, the Peoples Plan Coalition, and others as we rally to defeat the bill.

CLICK HERE RSVP: RALLY TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH AND SAFETY

This in-person event will highlight testimonials from our Brooklyn health and safety activists, backed by a Gallery of Horrors that visualize the poor health and safety conditions and crumbling facilities we all know only too well. Click here to let us know you’ll be there. We are also inviting elected officials and the press to witness how unresponsive our college administrations routinely are. While focusing on Brooklyn, we will highlight the systemic neglect that affects our working conditions at all CUNY Campuses. PSC members from every borough are urged to attend!

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR STATE OF EMERGENCY SPEAK OUT

Demanding Health and Safety Action at the CUNY Board of Trustees Hearing

PSC members testified at a hearing of the CUNY Board of Trustees held Monday, April 6th at City Tech. Most spoke about the crumbling condition of our campus facilities and the health and safety risks that we are too often exposed to in the workplace. They testified about mold in libraries, leaky ceilings, construction debris and silica dust, failing HVAC systems, and more. Written and video testimonials demanding action to protect health and safety at CUNY are posted here.

Adjunct leaders also testified at the April 6th hearing. Vice President for Part-time Personnel Lynne Turner and John Jay College Co–Chapter Chair Elizabeth Hovey both blasted management for, as Turner put it, “placing unreasonable impediments to incorporating adjunct faculty assigned to academic programs into our bargained multiyear appointment.” Click here for their testimony.

The union is hosting a day of panels, information sessions and informal meetings for all tenure track, non-tenured faculty and all lecturers in their first five years. Topics will include:

• How to balance workload, research and service
• Tenure tips, pitfalls and expectations
• How lecturers earn a Certificate of Continuous Employment
• Junior faculty reassigned time
• PSC-CUNY research awards
• Union rights and benefits

Faculty in their first five-years can click here to RSVP and to submit suggestions, questions, or issues you’d like us to address. And if you can only make it for part of the day, that’s also fine–just let us know in the RSVP.

CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR SURVIVE AND THRIVE AT CUNY

Photos of our art build in March by Kevin Adams and Moses Merisier

Join our union’s BIPOC Working Group at 6 PM on Tuesday, April 21st to help create a beautiful new banner for our working group! No prior experience or art skills are necessary, and all are welcome. Your presence is an act of solidarity! Sign up using the form here. Refreshments will be served.

CLICK HERE TO HELP WITH THE BIPOC WORKING GROUP ART BUILD

Join us in demanding that CUNY take action now to defend immigrant students and community members by:

• Immediately hiring at least two permanent full-time staff members on every campus whose jobs are solely to support immigrant students
• Establishing an Immigrant Student Success Center on all campuses that do not already have one with their own dedicated space.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN PETITION

Court Support Every Friday Morning

Online Courtwatch Training April 22, 6:30PM

Please join with fellow PSC members to bear witness and support immigrants who are called to the courts at 26 Federal Plaza. Spanish speakers are especially helpful. Meet any Friday at Pret, 7:30 AM at 319 Broadway, across the street from 26 Federal Plaza. PSC training is required to participate. The next training will be Wednesday, April 22, 6:30PM. Register here for the Zoom meeting link.

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