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ACTIONS | RESOURCES | CAMPUS COORDINATORS | TIMELINE

#CUNYSafeReturn

 

FAQs about PSC–CUNY Agreement on Medical and Religious Exemptions to the Vaccine Mandate

The PSC and CUNY are in the process of negotiating the implementation of CUNY’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Despite not having completed the negotiations, we wanted to provide clarification about the part on which we have reached agreement with CUNY: the medical and religious exemption criteria and procedures. The deadline to submit an exemption request is May 18. The Board of Trustees passed a resolution mandating COVID-19 vaccination for PSC-represented employees in January 2022, pursuant to a policy directive from Governor Hochul. CUNY is legally required to negotiate the implementation of the vaccine mandate with the PSC. The PSC supports the scientific consensus that vaccination is a critical, proven component of a layered strategy to mitigate the harm from COVID-19, a global pandemic that has had devastating consequences in New York City and around the world. At the same time, our role as a union is to make sure that our members who do not wish to or cannot be vaccinated are treated fairly and equitably. Moreover, to date CUNY has extended the COVID-19 vaccine mandate only to employees in the Executive Compensation Plan and those represented by the PSC, not to other employees, creating a real inconsistency with consequences for both the public health outcomes of the policy and the negotiations in which we are engaged.

  • Agreement on Medical and Religious Exemptions to the Vaccine Mandate [2]
  • FAQs about Agreement on Medical and Religious Exemptions to the Vaccine Mandate [3]

ACTIONS​ [4] [5]

  • Let PSC know if you have been denied an accommodation [6]
  • Join the Health and Safety Watchdogs [7] or attend your union chapter’s next meeting to help keep CUNY safe

 

RESOURCES​

  • Enforcing Your Right to an ADA Accommodation [8]
  • Resolution on CUNY Libraries Reopening of Physical Space [9]
  • Remote Work Agreement [10]

HEALTH AND SAFETY CAMPUS COORDINATOR

Susan Fountain (shfountain@gmail.com)

  • GC (SLU, SPS, McCauley, School of Journalism)
  • CUNY Central Office 
  • Hostos
  • Bronx EOC 
  • BCC
  • Guttman
  • Kingsborough
  • Manhattan EOC

Brian Graf (bgraf@pscmail.org)

  • Brooklyn EOC
  • City Tech
  • HCCS
  • Medgar Evers
  • RF
  • General Assistance

Jean Grassman (jean.grassman@yahoo.com)

  • GC (GC, SPH, ASRC) 
  • CSI 
  • Hunter
  • Queens
  • Baruch
  • Queensborough
  • Queens EOC

Carlos Parker (carlosparker@live.com)

  • BMCC
  • City College
  • LaGuardia
  • Lehman
  • John Jay
  • York

 

Coordinators Emeriti

Jacqueline Elliot

Joan Greenbaum

TIMELINE

  • 5/02/22: FAQs about PSC–CUNY Agreement on Medical and Religious Exemptions to the Vaccine Mandate [3]
  • 3/10/22: Mask Mandate and Vaccine Negotiations [11]
  • 2/09/22: Vaccine Mandate for Faculty and Staff [12]
  • 1/28/22: Rallies to Protect Health, Safety & Jobs At Bronx Community College & Medgar Evers College [13]
  • 1/24/22: Save Jobs, Save Lives, Save CUNY...From Itself! [14]
  • 1/13/22: Path to a Safer Spring Semester [15]
  • 1/05/22: 3,200 Faculty and Staff Sign Petition Calling for a Safe Return [16]
  • 1/02/22: New Vaccination Policy from Governor Hochul [17]
  • 12/29/21: Demand remote work and vaccine mandate from CUNY [18]
  • 12/20/21: PSC notice to Chancellor about the COVID surge [19]
  • 10/04/21: Vaccine Mandates at CUNY [20]
  • 09/03/21: Guidance for Faculty Teaching In-Person Classes [21]
  • 08/31/21: CUNY Faculty, Staff Protest at Medgar Evers College Against the Administration’s Inadequate Reopening Plan [22]
  • 08/26/21: CUNY Faculty and Staff Protest at Hunter College Against the Administration’s Reopening Plan [23]
  • 08/24/21: Day Before CUNY’s Fall Reopening, CUNY Faculty & Staff Union and Elected Officials Raise Safety Concerns [24]
  • 08/19/21: Health and Safety Update -- First week back for some [25]
  • 08/13/21: CUNY Cannot Combat the Pandemic by Patchwork [26]
  • 08/12/21: Updates on health & safety and reopening [27]
  • 08/02/21: Safe reopening update & Fall schedule [28]
  • 07/26/21: Two More Weeks to Ensure a Safe Return [29]
  • 07/12/21: Updates on Safe Reopening and Delayed 2% Raise [30]
  • 06/29/21: Update on Remote Work Agreement [31]
  • 06/22/21: Summer Safe Reopening Campaign Plan [32]
  • 06/07/21: Important Updates on Reopening [33]
  • 06/07/21: Changes to teaching modality [34]
  • 06/03/21: Remote Work Agreement issues [35]
  • 05/13/21: Resolution on CUNY Libraries Reopening of Physical Space [9]
  • 03/20 - 04/21: Save Lives, Save Jobs, Save CUNY 2020 [36]

Source URL: https://psc-cuny.org/SafeandHealthyWorkplace

Links:
[1] https://psc-cuny.org/SafeandHealthyWorkplace
[2] https://psc-cuny.org/sites/default/files/MedicalandReligiousExemptionsFinal.pdf
[3] https://psc-cuny.org/FAQ_Exemptions_to_Vaccine_Mandate
[4] https://psc-cuny.org/issues/send-letter-cuny-college-presidents
[5] https://twitter.com/PSC_CUNY/status/1478732308664492034
[6] https://www.psc-cuny.org/form/tell-us-if-you-have-been-denied-accommodations
[7] https://psc-cuny.org/form/join-psc-health-safety-watchdogs
[8] https://psc-cuny.org/issues/enforcing-your-right-ada-accommodation
[9] https://psc-cuny.org/LibraryWorkersResolution
[10] https://www.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/page-assets/coronavirus/flexible-work-arrangements/Remote-Work-Agreement2021.pdf
[11] https://www.psc-cuny.org/news-events/mask-mandate-and-vaccine-negotiations
[12] https://www.psc-cuny.org/vaccine-mandate-faculty-and-staff
[13] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/rallies-protect-health-safety-jobs-bronx-community-college-medgar-evers-college
[14] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/save-jobs-save-lives-save-cunyfrom-itself
[15] https://www.psc-cuny.org/news-events/path-safer-spring-semester
[16] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/3200-faculty-and-staff-sign-petition-calling-safe-return
[17] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/new-vaccination-policy-governor-hochul
[18] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/demand-remote-work-and-vaccine-mandate-cuny
[19] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/psc-notice-chancellor
[20] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/vaccine-mandates-cuny
[21] https://psc-cuny.org/issues/guidance-faculty-teaching-person-classes
[22] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/cuny-faculty-staff-protest-medgar-evers-college-against-administration’s-inadequate
[23] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/cuny-faculty-and-staff-protest-hunter-college-against-administration’s-reopening-plan
[24] https://psc-cuny.org/issues/day-cuny%E2%80%99s-fall-reopening-cuny-faculty-staff-union-and-elected-officials-raise-safety
[25] https://www.psc-cuny.org/news-events/health-and-safety-update-first-week-back-some
[26] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/cuny-cannot-combat-pandemic-patchwork
[27] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/updates-health-safety-and-reopening
[28] https://www.psc-cuny.org/news-events/safe-reopening-update-fall-schedule
[29] http://news-events/two-more-weeks-ensure-safe-return
[30] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/updates-safe-reopening-and-delayed-2-raise
[31] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/update-remote-work-agreement
[32] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/summer-safe-reopening-campaign
[33] https://psc-cuny.org/issues/important-updates-reopening
[34] https://psc-cuny.org/news-events/changes-teaching-modality
[35] https://psc-cuny.org/issues/remote-work-agreement-issues
[36] https://psc-cuny.org/SaveLivesSaveJobsSaveCUNY