Professional Staff Congress (PSC)

CUNY Administration Lays Off Hundreds of Faculty
The City University of New York is threatening to lay off potentially thousands of faculty, but the rank and file are fighting back.
Olivia Wood
May 16, 202010 Reasons to Vote No on the PSC-CUNY Contract
A faculty member at CUNY Lehman College explains why the most recent contract proposed by PSC-CUNY leadership does not satisfy even the most basic demands of CUNY’s rank and file.
Stuart Chen-Hayes
November 14, 2019[Video] Vote No to the PSC-CUNY Contract
The offer by CUNY management means more austerity for CUNY employees and a worse education for our students. Say No to this contract. CUNY adjuncts, HEOs, CLTs and full-timers deserve much better.
Luigi Morris
November 7, 2019“The CUNY PSC Contract is an 8,600-Word Capitulation.”
A CUNY adjunct writes about why he is against the PSC's proposed contract. If you would like to write about why you are voting no, we encourage you to submit to [email protected]
Alan L. Bounville
November 1, 2019CUNY Reaches “Historically” Bad Contract Agreement with Faculty Union
On Wednesday, October 23, after almost two years of closed-door bargaining, the Executive Council of the CUNY Professional Staff Congress (which represents both staff and faculty at the university) finally agreed to a tentative contract proposal with management. Hailed as “historic” and “transformational” by the union leadership and the University, both of which have already […]
James Dennis Hoff
October 25, 2019The Taylor Law Can be Defeated
Passing resolutions and lobbying Albany is not enough. If we want to take back the right to strike, we will have to use it.
James Dennis Hoff
September 25, 2019Will CUNY Go on Strike?
On Wednesday, September 11, members of the CUNY Graduate Center chapter of the Professional Staff Congress union passed a resolution calling for an immediate strike authorization campaign; several other chapters are set to follow this month. Could this be the beginning of a bigger movement toward a strike, or will the PSC leadership once again squander the opportunity and settle for another weak contract?
James Dennis Hoff
September 16, 2019PSC Bureaucrats Feeling the Heat as the Demand for ‘$7K or Strike’ Gains Ground
7KOS activists respond to harsh criticisms from the leadership
James Dennis Hoff
March 23, 2019[VIDEO] CUNY: PSC Members Arrested in Protest for Fair Contract
The NYPD arrested a dozen PSC-CUNY members who engaged in civil disobedience as part of the fight for a new contract that includes 7K per course for all adjuncts.
Left Voice
December 13, 2018CUNY Union Delegate Assembly Supports Migrant Caravan, Demands Asylum for Refugees
PSC CUNY represents more than 25,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York. Delegate members also donated more than $600 dollars for aid to the caravan in Mexico.
Left Voice
November 13, 2018