The following passed by those assembled at the April 21, 2026 Graduate Center Chapter meeting:
Adopting Demands for May Day 2026
Whereas, International Workers Day (May 1) is both a commemoration of past workers’ struggles and a day of action and struggle for workers around the world;
Whereas, the PSC-CUNY is mobilizing this May 1 with coalition partners including the NY Central Labor Council, the New York Immigration Coalition under the slogan “We will not be silent while immigrant New Yorkers are terrorized.”
Whereas, the Trump administration continues to attack and oppress working people in the United States and around the world with physical, economic, and political violence;
Whereas, we recognize that the Trump administration’s current attacks on immigrants are but an escalation and extension of the U.S. government’s long history of oppression of immigrants as an underclass of residents;
Whereas, our union has a proud anti-war tradition in solidarity with the international working class;
Whereas, the PSC-CUNY Executive Council issued a statement condemning the US war in Iran;
Whereas, our colleagues known as the Fired Four were fired in an act of political retaliation for their pro-Palestine stances and activism as part of a neo-McCarythist offensive at all levels of government and educational institutions;
Whereas, one of the Fired Four has still not been reinstated to her position;
Whereas, we recognize the robust connections between CUNY-wide, city-wide, national, and international politics; therefore, be it
Resolved, that the assembled members of the Graduate Center and Professional Schools chapter of the Professional Staff Congress support mobilizing as many people as we can on May Day and marching as part of the PSC contingent with the following slogans:
● Down with the US imperialism in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine
● Full rights for immigrants and international students
● Reinstatement of the Fired Fourth.
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