Baruch chapter says ‘no’ to cuts
The Baruch College administration has moved to reduce instruction in communications [COM], English and modern languages, as well as to lift caps on class sizes. The PSC chapter is organizing against this, saying that it puts adjunct jobs at risk and sacrifices students’ education. At a rally in one of…
Labor is fighting for academic freedom
Brooklyn College hosted a panel on April 3 addressing right-wing threats to academic freedom and how academic unions like the PSC can fight back against this assault. The panel featured two speakers from the University of Florida – political scientist Sharon Austin and the campus chair of United Faculty of…
Staff say they’re overworked: survey
Professional staff and library faculty at CUNY who are represented by the PSC have spoken, and they have spoken clearly: They are working a lot more, and with fewer resources, than they did in the past. In a survey commissioned by the PSC with the assistance of the New York…
From the streets to the boardroom
Students and members came out in force on April 1 to a CUNY Board of Trustees hearing at City Tech in downtown Brooklyn to demand that the administration advocate for more investment in CUNY and reach a fair and just contract settlement with the PSC. Going into the summer, the…
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OP-ED: Looking Back to Understand this Moment at CUNY
In 1968, when attending junior high school in Brooklyn, my friends and I would cut class to travel up to Columbia University to watch and participate in the student-led Vietnam War protests. A year later, in April 1969, when I was finishing my first year at the High School of…
Baruch Chapter Meeting
Baruch Chapter Meeting Friday, May 17, 12-1:30 pm Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdeuorDkvHdJyNnCBpbwEI32Ib7Rznjgz
Unemployment Insurance Information Session
Unemployment Insurance Information Session May 31, 2024, 3:30 - 5:00 Learn about your eligibility for summer unemployment insurance. Zoom link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArc-6prDoiHdAc0Ur5kTP_kzYSUj8MwnUt
York College Protest to Demand 3-Year Appointments for Adjuncts
The pilot agreement about multi-year adjunct appointments will expire this spring, if it is not renegotiated in contract bargaining. May 15 is the contractual deadline for adjunct to be notified about their reappointment or non-reappointment. Adjunct faculty on three year contracts will keep their contracts until they expire, but they…
Collect postcards for A People’s Budget In Brooklyn!
Join PSC members and the People's Plan on Saturday, June 8th to collect postcards in Council Member Justin Brannan's District urging the Council Member to stop Mayor Adams' Budget Cuts! Location: Brooklyn Public Library - Coney Island Branch, 1901 Mermaid Ave. (Near, W 19th St) Brooklyn, NY 11224 Sign Up…
