PUBLIC STATEMENT DEMANDING A FAIR CONTRACT

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PUBLIC SECTOR BARGAINING: 

In the past year (2003/04) New York State government settled contracts with many state government employees, including our SUNY colleagues in UUP (United University Professions).  UUP members accepted a four-year contract worth 15% in salary improvements over the life of the agreement, including an $800 cash bonus. 

 

HERE’S WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR:

  • increased salaries
  • restored Welfare Fund benefits
  • improved working conditions and equity

WHAT’S AT STAKE IN OUR CONTRACT?

  • what kind of university CUNY becomes
  • what kind of professional lives we lead at CUNY
  • what kind of education we’re able to offer to the people of New York

PUBLIC STATEMENT DEMANDING
A FAIR CONTRACT

The following statement and names of signatories appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education and Village Voice as a paid advertisement.  Hundreds signed their names at the September 29th mass contract meeting at the Great Hall.  You can also sign by adding your name online by filling out the form that follows the statement.

“We the undersigned are faculty and professional staff at the City University of New York (CUNY), represented by the Professional Staff Congress, our union.  We have been without a contract for three years.  CUNY management’s current contract offer is unacceptable.  As public servants and educators who graduate tens of thousands of students each year, we deserve a contract that does not leave many of us wondering how we will pay our bills each month or how we will afford our dental care and medical prescriptions.   

The austerity contract offered to us by CUNY management insults the work we do and undermines the recent renaissance at CUNY.  Without a fair contract, the University will no longer be able to attract the best faculty and staff.  Its mission—and our students—will suffer.   

As academics who are committed to the promise of public higher education, we call on Chancellor Goldstein, Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki to offer us a contract that provides fair salary increases, funding to restore benefits, and improvements in equity and daily working conditions.  For our students, our city, and ourselves—we cannot afford to accept anything less.”