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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
- 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]