CUNY Believe It Or Not

The following is from outgoing CUNY Professional Staff Congress President Barbara Bowen. The PSC, as it is more popularly known, is the union representing “… 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Research Foundation.” It gets a lot of positive news attention despite the feeble contracts it has negotiated over the years. It purports to be a swashbuckling progressive for its members — but I’ve had issues and problems with the way its swordsmanship.

But this first publishing of CUNY Believe It or Not isn’t about me my particular issues. It’s from outgoing President Barbara Bowen about contract negotiations during this COVID-19 Pandemic. Don’t know yet who is the incoming.

Consider this an FYI.

Photo by A K on Unsplash — Adding some visuals for the CUNY Professional Staff Congress union.

Dear PSC Members:

I hope this finds you and your loved ones in good health at this difficult time.

I’m writing to update you on the union’s fight for our contractual salary increase and to share information about the delay. CUNY management’s unilateral decision to break our contract cannot go…