Adjunct Pensions: A Surprising Return
Don’t miss out on your pension By Ellen Balleisen Former PSC Pension Counselor From the February 2004 Clarion Revised September 2011 As a former PSC pension counselor, I have an embarrassing confession: I didn’t join the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) in 1986, my first year as a CUNY adjunct. In…
This Week in the PSC (8.30.11): Save Adjunct Healthcare! Join the Growing Campaign.
Save Adjunct Healthcare! Join the Growing Campaign. The union’s public campaign to press CUNY to live up to its basic responsibility of funding health insurance for all eligible adjuncts is growing, but it has to get even bigger—before 1,700 of our colleagues lose their coverage! The PSC remains willing and…
Cuomo’s Pension Attack: Tier 6 Is His Top Goal for 2012
August 2011 By Ari Paul Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to push for more pension givebacks in the coming year. It seems like only yesterday that New York imposed a new fifth pension tier for State workers, but Governor Andrew Cuomo is now proposing a sixth one, which would reduce…
Bloomberg Seeks Pension Cuts, Unions Resist
February 2011 By Eric Laursen and Peter Hogness Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants cuts in new City workers’ pensions. The front-page headline in the New York Post was short and to the point: “PENSION WAR.” After months of negative press coverage about City workers’ pensions, the Bloomberg administration is going on…
Part-Timer Pension Benefits For Those Hired Before April 1, 2012 (Tiers III & IV)
ADJUNCTS and CONTINUING EDUCATION TEACHERS: All adjuncts are eligible to join the NYC Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) and Tax-Deferred Annuity programs from their first semester at CUNY. You can get application forms from your campus Human Resources Office or the TRS website. The PSC has a brochure that explains the…
On the War in Israel and Gaza
Statement on the Encampment at City College, April 25, 2024 Lawful student protests on any CUNY campus should not be met with NYPD arrests, including this week’s demonstration at City College. Administrators at City College and at colleges throughout the country can and must ensure students' safety and prevent harassment…
Bargaining Updates 15 & 16 | Budget Updates
Bargaining Updates 15 and 16 At the April 11th session, the PSC responded to the insufficiencies and problems with management’s comprehensive proposal, which works within the bounds set by other state and city unions in this bargaining round. President James Davis spoke to the problems with this approach. The proposed…
Statement on the Arrest of Students Demonstrating at Columbia University
The Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, the union representing 30,000 City University of New York employees, joins fellow unionists and academics in condemning the recent actions of Columbia University administration to suppress student protest on April 18. The Columbia University AAUP chapter has rightly objected to their administration’s conduct before Congress and…
Non-Teaching Adjuncts
Download a copy: THE NTA Rights and Benefits Brochure Brochure text is also included below. The Professional Staff Congress is the union that represents 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Research Foundation. It represents part-time and full-time faculty and staff, including…
New Caucus Slate for 2024 PSC Election
James Davis, candidate for PSC President James Davis, Professor of English at Brooklyn College, has served as PSC President since his election in 2021. He holds elected leadership positions in the AFT, NYSUT, and the Municipal Labor Committee and chairs the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund trustees. As the COVID-19 pandemic extended…
