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Barnes and Noble workers in Park Slope file for a union election!

The unionization wave continues. Barnes and Noble workers are joining employees at a long list of businesses who are seeking (often successfully) to unionize. Workers at the Park Slope Barnes […]

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Elmhurst Hospital resident physicians go on strike!

Doctors at Elmhurst Hospital have been negotiating with the hospital’s management for almost a year in an attempt to achieve parity in pay and benefits with doctors in other zip […]

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CUNY Law censors pro-Palestinian speaker

On May 12, Fatima delivered a graduate speech at CUNY Law’s 2023 commencement ceremony after her peers voted for her to represent them. Last week, CUNY Law administrators gave into […]

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MIT grad student union rejects tentative agreement, seeking more

Grad student workers at MIT voted down the current tentative agreement with the administration by a whopping 1,715 to 226. Follow their updates here. Want to get these posts delivered […]

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CNET workers unionize with WGA East!

Writers, editors, video producers and content creators at CNET, the tech. review publication, have voted to unionize with Writer’s Guild of America East! In related news, see this Variety interview about […]

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Graduating students at CUNY Law turn their backs to Adams during his Commencement Speech!

Mayor Adams has consistently increased police funding and cut public education budgets, and other social services, during his short time in office. Graduating CUNY Law students condemned his attacks on […]

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A May Day to Remember

What a May Day! There were some great events all over the City last week, and CUNY was at the heart of them. Above: students and teachers from Hunter College […]

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What a week at the GC!

This has been quite a week, folks. Monday 4/24 we had our union chapter meeting and voted to approve a set of GC demands we want to organize around and […]

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Adjunct Data

The PSC recently released data it has collected on how many courses are taught by adjuncts at CUNY each year and how much adjuncts make per 3-credit course. Throughout the […]

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French court rules in favor of Macron’s pension reforms

Protests continue in France as the country’s constitutional court approved President Macron’s push through of pension reform to raise the age of retirement from 62-64. For in-depth coverage of these […]