Rank & file activists at CUNY challenging the culture of racist austerity in higher education and demanding a more democratic fighting union. #WhyRAFA?
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18 Dec 2024
Strong unions do not accept weak contracts! (1/2)
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But I am still excited by rank-and-file efforts to form a new caucus, organize each other, and dedicate themselves to ending business as usual. The labor movement in the US is accelerating and strengthening. Our union and our workers need a change.
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I remember I went to a union press conference once, after Queens College laid off ~30 full-time faculty. Our union selected roughly nine politicians to speak. I think one actual worker who had been fired spoke. No one got their job back. 8/
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Public sector unions are a different beast, but this is all a result of union leadership’s lack of an organizing strategy. Our union prioritizes relationships with city and state politicians who are under their own constraints. They don’t know how to mobilize rank and file. 7/
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During roughly two years of bargaining, the PSC only raised graduate worker demands at the table once. It didn’t advance most graduate demands. There’s unfortunately no other way to describe it than that our union threw graduate students under the bus. 6/
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It represents a downgrade in provisions for adjunct job security. We are worse off than under our last contract. And it has CUNY adjuncts making 7k per course at the end of the five year contract. 7k was our union’s demand during its last round of bargaining, six years ago. 3/
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After almost two years of bargaining, CUNY’s faculty and staff union is nearing a deal on a contract. I spent two years as a rep for the union. I cannot vote yes on this contract — which furthers austerity at CUNY and signals to admin that our union is weak and incompetent. 1/
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18 Dec 2024
Strong unions do not accept weak contracts! (1/2)
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13 Dec 2024
⚠️⚠️ A TA from @PSC_CUNY is imminent and we are not happy with what we’re hearing!
Petition for 8k/class and 3-yr contracts for adjuncts here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Read more of our analysis here:
eomail6.com/web-version?p=e1…
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Rank and File Action retweeted
9 Dec 2024
“We require the following in a tentative agreement:
1. Minimum of $8k per 3-credit course at the beginning of the contract
2. 3-year multi-year appointments in the contract with improved eligibility and a minimum of 6 credits each semester.”
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Rank and File Action retweeted
9 Dec 2024
**PSC Members Only** the Platform Committee of the PSC Committee of Adjuncts and Part Timers has released a statement and petition concerning the state of bargaining over adjunct demands. Please read and consider signing if you agree
forms.gle/vR8UzhCnDQoqxMsg8
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9 Dec 2024
Curious about the status of PSC contract negotiations and their impact on adjuncts? Let’s talk! Please join the Guttman PSC Chapter this Wednesday 6 pm at Franklin Park in Brooklyn! 🎄💫
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Rank and File Action retweeted
3 Dec 2024
Join CUNY organizers for an info session on TRS investments & divestment campaign in preparation of supporting the TRS divestment resolution in the PSC!
📆Thurs, Dec 5
⏱️6:30pm on zoom
Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJI…
More info & sign here:
trsnycdivest.com/
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21 Oct 2024
Civil disobedience today; strike escalation tomorrow. @cunyonstrike
Join us TODAY!
Protest at the CUNY Board of Tristees meeting! 4pm at John Jay College
>> psc-cuny.org/OCT21 <<
Contract for #APeoplesCUNY
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