Labor Day March Next Tues. | Adjunct Pay Dates
Join PSC at the NYC Labor Day Rally & March on Tuesday, September 8th at 4:30pm. Our union will meet at the 140 Broadway Plaza, across the street from Zuccotti Park, by the Red Cube sculpture. Let us know you will be there!
Welcome Back to Fall Semester, Raises, and the Fight for Democracy
Dear PSC Member, Welcome back to the 2026-2027 academic year! Times like these remind us how important it is to be in a labor union and to keep our union strong. Huge challenges lie ahead of us as academics, professionals, and workers. Because of our members, the PSC is positioned…
3.5% Raises Effective September 1st | Equity Increases to Follow
The final across-the board raise negotiated in the 2023-2027 PSC-CUNY Contract is effective as of September 1, 2026. All eligible members will see the 3.5% raise in your first paycheck reflecting your work after September 1. Total across-the-board raises in the contract amount to 13.4%.
New York senators back effort to audit CUNY pension enrollment failures
silive.com: Three New York state senators have signed on to support legislation that would force the City University of New York to audit its pension enrollment system after years of enrollment failures left faculty and staff members facing unexpected bills totaling thousands of dollars.
Three State Senators Add Their Names to Bill Calling for CUNY Pension Audit
In the past few weeks, members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC/CUNY) met with State Senators John Liu, Jessica Scarcella Spanton and Kristen Gonzalez to discuss a bill (A10565/S9252) that would direct the Board of Trustees for the City University of New York to conduct an audit of its participation…
Senate Proposes Delay to OMB Rule Change
The Trump administration’s plan to impose ideological control over more than $1.1 trillion dollars in federal discretionary spending, including money for research funding, transportation infrastructure, education and environmental initiatives and much more, may be stopped, at least temporarily, by Congress. A provision in the Senate’s bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) to…
CUNY faculty and staff picket over recent Queens College budget cuts
QNS: The union Professional Staff Congress (PSC), along with faculty and staff from the City University of New York, picketed outside the Wall Street investment bank that employs William Thompson, chair of the CUNY Board of Trustees, on Monday, July 27. The protest came in response to Queens College President…
Queens College faculty calls for CUNY to reverse cuts
Queens Daily Eagle: Faculty members at Queens’ largest City University of New York college are pushing back against budget cuts, which have led to a number of cancelled classes and layoffs of adjunct professors. Several departments at Queens College were told earlier this year they had to cut their overall…
Labor Unions Rally at Delaney Hall
Insider NJ: Union members and community activists rallied Sunday outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center to protest the facility’s inhumane conditions and demand the release of those held inside. The rally was the latest in a series of monthly protests that have been held by the Labor Eyes on…
