Adopted at the chapter meeting on 10/2/20 Whereas, more people have died at CUNY due to COVID-19 than at any other school system in the country; Whereas, over the summer, CUNY’s administration laid off 2,800 adjunct instructors and staff (representing roughly 20% of its adjuncts and 10% of the total PSC bargaining unit), and even more were […]
Category: Proposed Chapter Resolutions
The following is a proposed resolution on the agenda for the October 2 Chapter Meeting: Whereas, more people have died at CUNY due to COVID-19 than at any other school system in the country; Whereas, over the summer, CUNY’s administration laid off 2,800 adjunct instructors and staff (representing roughly 20% of its adjuncts and 10% […]
Adopted at the chapter meeting on 9/11/19 STRIKE AUTHORIZATION CAMPAIGN NOW! Whereas: the PSC’s contract campaign has so far failed to yield positive results, and CUNY’s Board of Trustees has used our bargaining demands as a pretext for approving a $200/year tuition increase for CUNY undergraduate students at the four-year colleges; Whereas: without a credible […]
STRIKE AUTHORIZATION CAMPAIGN NOW! Whereas: the PSC’s contract campaign has so far failed to yield positive results, and CUNY’s Board of Trustees has used our bargaining demands as a pretext for approving a $200/year tuition increase for CUNY undergraduate students at the four-year colleges; Whereas: without a credible threat of a strike, PSC members have […]
Adopted 9/24/18 Whereas white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and fascists have no place in the PSC, or the labor movement more generally; Whereas the PSC is an organization that fights for all members, regardless of race, and denounces racial chauvinism; Be it resolved that the GC chapter calls on the PSC—through the Delegate Assembly—to amend the PSC Constitution to ban […]
Adopted 9/24/18 WHEREAS positions on the Graduate Center (GC) Chapter Executive Committee (EC) of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) should be democratically elected by chapter members; WHEREAS the PSC Election Rules (VI.C.5) state that vacant offices in the chapter, other than chapter chair, delegates, and alternate delegates, are filled by an election only by the […]
WHEREAS positions on the Graduate Center (GC) Chapter Executive Committee (EC) of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) should be democratically elected by chapter members; WHEREAS the PSC Election Rules (VI.C.5) state that vacant offices in the chapter, other than chapter chair, delegates, and alternate delegates, are filled by an election only by the chapter EC; […]
Whereas white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and fascists have no place in the PSC, or the labor movement more generally; Whereas the PSC is an organization that fights for all members, regardless of race, and denounces racial chauvinism; Be it resolved that the GC chapter calls on the PSC—through the Delegate Assembly—to amend the PSC Constitution to […]
Adopted at the chapter meeting on 4/26/18 Whereas adjuncts make up 57% of the faculty at CUNY and teach 53% of classes, at an average rate of $3,500 per three-credit class with no compensation for research or advising, amounting to an annual salary of $28,000 for the same courseload as full-time professors, who make […]
Whereas adjuncts make up a majority of the faculty at CUNY and also teach a majority of the classes, at a starting rate of $3,200 per three-credit class with no compensation for research or advising, with average annual compensation for an adjunct lecturer teaching a full load of 8 courses of just $28,000 compared with […]
