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First Friday Committee Meeting
June 8, 2012 - 4:00pm

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The April Clarion covers a host of controversial issues. We’ve opened for comment articles on Pathways as well as a piece that explores the relationship between a prestigious academic publishing house and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate-funded, politically conservative legislative “bill mill.” Tell us what you think about the issues raised by the Pathways articles and/or the pieces on ALEC. Join the conversation by clicking on the “add new comment" link following any one of these Clarion articles.

Women's Committee

The PSC Women’s Committee of the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY is committed to the empowerment of every woman at CUNY and to identify sexism in all its forms within CUNY and the PSC. We strive to enhance the status of women on the faculty and staff of CUNY by ensuring that their concerns are addressed by the Professional Staff Congress in collective bargaining and academic governance. Our goal is to create an atmosphere within the union and CUNY that fosters women’s full participation in the union and promotes women in positions of leadership within the PSC and CUNY as well as building solidarity between constituencies. We are dedicated to reaching out to women across borders and to economic boundaries and to build labor-community coalitions whose goals are to build a diverse community that cuts across race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and job categories and provides equal access to quality education for all women.

Women's Committee Accomplishments:

Annual event for Women’s History Month
Work to obtain pregnancy leave for faculty
Support for and attendance at UALE Summer School for Union Women
Support of work credit for college attendance of women on welfare
Creation and contribution to PSC women listserv

Women's Committee has monthly meetings, usually on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Currently, there is a hiatus in meetings due to the bargaining team commitments of several key members.

Recent Committee Posts

Join your union sisters from throughout the Northeast for a week of labor studies and solidarity
Now in its 36th year, the Union Women's Summer Schools are rooted in the traditions of early worker education, as exemplified by the Bryn Mawr summer schools for Women Workers of the 1920s and the WPA worker education programs of the 1930s. Courses of study are tailored to meet the needs and interests of women union members, activists and leaders.

This year, Rutgers University will host the Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women, July 17-22. PSC activists are encouraged to apply.
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Commemoration
Friday, March 25th is the 100 anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. 146 women died in the fire, the deadliest industrial disaster in NYC history. On April 5, 1911, 100,000 marched in a funeral procession and another 300,000 crowded the sidewalks along the the lower east side route. Mourners transformed their grief into organizing.

One hundred years later, scores of event have been organized to commemorate the Triangle Fire and the organizing that followed in its wake.