Greening the Bronx
June 2012 By Clarion Staff Joan Greenbaum (center), co-coordinator of the PSC Environmental Health and Safety Watchdogs, presents the group’s second annual Environmental Justice Award to Harry Bubbins (second from right), director of Friends of Brook Park (FBP) in the South Bronx. FBP has created a garden refuge in a…
This Week in the PSC (05.03.12): PSC to the CUNY Board of Trustees: 5,676 Say Repeal Pathways
PSC to the CUNY Board of Trustees: 5,676 Say Repeal Pathways PSC members filled the room at Monday’s CUNY Board of Trustees meeting as the union presented a petition calling for the repeal and replacement of Pathways, CUNY’s new austerity-inspired framework on general education. 5,676 CUNY faculty and staff signed…
Health and Safety: How to Protect Yourself Against Repetitive Strain Injury
March 2012 By David Diamond, M.D. February 29, 2012, is International RSI Awareness Day, dedicated to helping workers avoid repetitive strain injuries. Originally organized in Canada in 2000, RSI Awareness Day is observed on the last day in February – which, thanks to leap years, is the only “non-repetitive” day…
This Week in the PSC (01.24.12): Community colleges need investment ASAP
PSC to NYC Council: All students should have access to ASAP-like investment As a political battle heats up about the success of Mayor Bloomberg’s much-celebrated initiative to transform the public school system, critics have pointed out that fewer than one in four students who graduate from NYC schools are ready…
This Week in the PSC (11.07.11):Much at Stake at Nov. 21 Board Hearing
Much at Stake at Nov. 21 Board Hearing CUNY’s annual budget request, including funds for adjunct health insurance, proposed tuition hikes, a major revision of the University Bylaws and other items are all on the Calendar for the November 28th CUNY Board of Trustees meeting. The Board will hear testimony…
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,…
CUNY Cited for Violating Safety Law
February 2011 By Clarion Staff Ben Chitty (center), a PSC Health & Safety Watchdog at Queens College, with members of other campus unions. Action begun at QC has now had CUNY-wide results. . On February 2, CUNY was found in violation of a New York law requiring large public employers…
This Week at PSC: PSC Challenges Governor Cuomo’s Proposed Budget
PSC Challenges Governor Cuomo’s Proposed Budget Instead of investing in CUNY and providing the resources that the university needs to provide a path to opportunity for the students of New York City, Governor Cuomo has put forward an Executive Budget that slashes CUNY funding. $95.1 million in cuts to CUNY…
News: CUNY Flunks PESH Inspection
After a year and a half of PSC requests and assertions that the University’s Workplace Violence Policy did not comply with State regulation, a complaint to PESH (Public Employee Safety & Health, an arm of the State Department of Labor) was made to force CUNY to comply with NY State’s…
Rights Under Law
Your Rights under the Law Whether you work for CUNY or the Research Foundation, you have the following rights under the law. Right to Union Representation Also called the Public Employees Fair Employment Act, the Taylor law provides all public sector workers in New York State with the basic right…
