REFERENDUM ON
JOB ACTION

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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

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A
REFERENDUM ON JOB ACTION 

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June 2005 update May 26, 2005 DA resolution authorizing  job action referendum May 2005 Clarion update April 22, 2005 bulletin March 31, 2005 DA resolution creates a defense fund. February 28, 2005 bulletin February 16, 2005 bulletin January 27, 2005 PSC-DA resolution on Contract State of Emergency January 5 & 24, 2005 bulletins December 20, 2004 bulletin December 7, 2004 bulletin on management's contract offer

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A REFERENDUM ON JOB ACTION Whereas, the Professional Staff Congress contract expired more than two-and-a-half years ago, and CUNY faculty and professional staff have not had a raise for four years; and  Whereas, the membership and the leadership of the Professional Staff Congress have tried in countless ways to reach a fair settlement: collective bargaining, direct advocacy with the City and State, organized protest and demonstration, informational picketing, leafleting, television advertisements, political advocacy with elected officials, support by national and state affiliates, informational campaigns in the workplace, and campaigns to generate calls, e-mail and fax communication with the employer; and  Whereas, after more than two years of bargaining and member action, the City University of New York has failed to offer an acceptable contract: one that provides real raises, a lasting solution to the Welfare Fund crisis, and other essential gains in equity and due process; and  Whereas, the failure of CUNY management to agree to a fair contract ultimately displays contempt for CUNY students: no amount of publicity about CUNY’s recent “renaissance” can make up for uncompetitive salaries, shrinking benefits and substandard working conditions—the education of our students is jeopardized if the University fails to support the academic staff on whose work it depends; and    Whereas, the PSC won its first contract, in 1973, only after taking a referendum on a strike, and the United Federation of Teachers won its 2002 contract after voting to authorize a future referendum on a strike; therefore be it  Resolved, that the Professional Staff Congress will make every effort to reach a fair contract settlement without a job action; and be it further  Resolved, that the Professional Staff Congress will continue to work throughout the summer to achieve a fair settlement – participating in good faith in collective bargaining, exploring options for mediation and arbitration, organizing protests by members, conducting a public relations campaign, working toward coalitions with other unions, strengthening member-to-member organizing; and be it further  Resolved, that if the City University of New York fails to agree to a fair contract with the PSC by September 1, 2005, the Executive Council of the PSC will have the authority to determine whether and when to conduct a referendum, either by campus or union-wide, on the question of whether the PSC Executive Council should authorize a job action; and further be it Resolved, that the PSC Executive Council will not authorize a job action unless the majority of votes cast in the referendum, conducted by secret ballot by the American Arbitration Association or similar neutral organization, are in favor.  Passed by the PSC Delegate Assembly, May 26, 2005   Click here for  printer friendly version of this DA resolution