ABOVE:  Contract rally on 4/19/05.

CONTRACT RATIFIED   Membership ratifies contract by 87% to 13% vote.  June 2, 2006:  More than 56% of those who were eligible voted; of the 6788 votes cast, 5902 were in favor of approving the contract; 886 were opposed.  Details. Memorandum of Agreement and other  contract documents Contract ratification bulletins. Contract FAQs Special issue of Clarion SEPTEMBER 29th CONTRACT RALLY. Above:  A huge crowd overflows the Great Hall at Cooper Union, rejecting the austerity contract offer from 80th Street and vowing to do whatever is necessary to secure the contract CUNY needs and deserves. ►Spring Semester '06 Statements on Negotiations ►Nov. '05 -  March '06 Statements on Negotiations ►Barbara Bowen's 9/29 Address ►October 18th Contract Bulletin ►More on the Contract Campaign ►2002-05 Negotiations Timeline ►Sept. 29 Photo Gallery ►Call for fair contract by Legislators ►Making Connections: Students & Contract CONTRACT RALLY -- THEN AND NOW. Above: On October 5, 1972, over 1,000 PSC members rallied against threatened "productivity" increases and an austere contract proposed by management. The following January, by mail ballot, members approved a general policy of "no contract/ no work" by a vote of 3,836 to 577.

LATEST CONTRACT
BULLETINS

Contract settlement
Spring Semester '06 updates
Nov. '05 thru Feb '06 statements

LETTER FROM
BARBARA BOWEN ON
 9/29 CONTRACT RALLY

September 2005 letter

AUTHORIZATION FOR
JOB ACTION REFERENDUM
At its May 26, 2005 meeting, the
PSC Delegate Assembly gave the
union's Executive Council "authority
to determine whether and when to
conduct a referendum" on a job action.
Click here for the resolution

DEFENSE FUND

Click below for March 31, 2005 Delegate
Assembly resolution creating
a PSC Union Defense Fund
►As a printer friendly PDF document
►As A Web Page

Click here for Clarion editorial by
Barbara Bowen on the defense fund

Enroll in the Defense Fund by clicking
here,* printing and then completing
the enrollment card and mailing it to:
 

PSC UNION DEFENSE FUND
DIRECT CONTRIBUTION CARD
25 West 43^rd St./  5^th Floor
New York, NY  10036

*The Defense Fund Enrollment Card is in PDF format, meaning
that you need Acrobat Reader to view it.  Most all
computers come with Acrobat Reader.  However if you
do not have it, you can download it by clicking the logo below.

TV AD

Click here to download a TV spot
 for a fair contract playing on NY 1,
 CNN, NBC, CBS & ABC in late
April and early May.

PSC DA DECLARES A STATE OF
EMERGENCY IN CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS

Click here for the DA resolution

Click here for Clarion editorial by
Barbara Bowen on the resolution

"DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE:
PLAIN TALK ABOUT THE
CONTRACT"

Click here for article from the
May '05 Clarion

2005 CONTRACT BULLETINS

Nov. '05/ Dec. '05 updates

Oct. 18, 2005 update

June 2005 update

May 2005 Clarion update

April 22, 2005 bulletin

February 28/ March 1, 2005 bulletin

February 16, 2005 bulletin

January 5 & 24, 2005 bulletins

December 20, 2004 bulletin

December 7, 2004 bulletin.
(management's financial offer)

November bulletin
(Clarion article)

Click here for management's demands.
Posted November  9, 2003 on the PSC Website

September 2004 bulletin.

TESTIMONY ON THE
CONTRACT BEFORE THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEEES

Click here for testimony by Steven London,
first VP of the PSC on May 16, 2005

APRIL 19th CONTRACT RALLY.  Approximately 700 faculty & staff rallied in front of the 5th Ave. office of B.O.T. Chair Benno Schmidt. Click image for more pictures.

JOIN THE CONTRACT CAMPAIGN
You can join the contract campaign
by pledging to do one or more simple tasks
Click here to sign-up online

ORIGINAL CONTRACT DEMANDS

Click image for May/
June '03 Clarion with
contract demands.

• Competing Visions
  The October 2003 bulletin analyzes competing
  labor & management visions of CUNY.
  Available as a PDF or Word document

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