“With the contract expiring in November, it’s time to put pressure on our bosses to pay us a fair, living wage: $7000 per course minimum.

“$7k is the only foundation on which real structural changes in adjunct working conditions can begin. It is not unrealistic: the contingent faculty unions at Tufts University and Barnard College both won minimum per-course rates of at least $7,000 for the coming academic year. CUNY can afford it too—currently it spends only 5% of its $5 bil annual revenue on adjuncts’ wages, who comprise over half the faculty and teach over half the classes.

“Furthermore, we demand genuine job security in the form of a seniority system, rather than restricted and risky three-year contracts. Only direct action can achieve both fair wages and job security.

“We invite everyone in the CUNY community and NYC labor movement to struggle with us for greater investment in public higher education and for an end to the exploitation of CUNY faculty.

“3:30 – Cuomo’s office (633 3rd Ave, btwn 40th and 41st)
4:30 – CUNY Central (205 E 42nd, off 3rd ave)”