CUNY to Hike Tuition $300
Last Thursday, the CUNY Trustees approved a resolution calling for $150 per semester tuition hikes for full-time students at senior and community colleges. Read PSC’s statement and find links to a video of the vote and audio of student and faculty testimony.
Defend Social Security
Washington still hasn’t come to an agreement about raising the debt ceiling, and Social Security and other crucial programs are still in danger of being cut. Send a letter telling Senators Gillibrand and Schumer to take Social Security benefits off the negotiating table. And learn about the union’s Defend the Social Safety Net Campaign.
Take the Homepage Poll
Should Washington lift the $106,800 cap on the payroll tax as a preferred means to preserve Social Security benefits beyond 2035? Yes or no?