Chapter Meeting Agenda Sept 14, 2017

Contract campaign: survey results, contract process, and campaign

Recommitment campaign: Janus v AFSCME 

·         New blue card or PSC website: http://psc-cuny.org/UnionYes

·         Sign up for training at BC in 1-1 organizing: Mon Sept 18 or Tue Sept 26 

·         Analysis:

Penny Lewis (PSC), “Trump’s Assault on Labor,” The Clarion

Risa Lieberwitz (AAUP), “Legal Watch: Friederichs Redux,” Academe

Looking ahead…

·         Maintenance of Effort campaign: Coordinated with SUNY and a coalition of public higher ed supporters: http://psc-cuny.org/clarion/junejuly-2017/pushing-fair-moe-bill-albany

·         Campus Equity Week, late October: BC adjunct organizing “blitz” on Halloween day

·         NY State Constitutional Convention? Vote “No” on November 7

NYSUT podcast: https://www.nysut.org/resources/special-resources-sites/podcast

·         Next chapter meetings:

Tue Oct 31, Ingersoll Extension (IA) 329

Wed Nov 29, Library 411

Defend DACA

In response to the Trump administration's commitment to rescind DACA, The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), our national affiliate, is providing a mechanism to collectively urge our elected officials to pass a "clean" Dream Act, preserving the rights of DACA protected young people to work and remain in this country.  As of mid-September, over 12,000 letters have been sent in this way.  Send your letters here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-congress-to-pass-the-dream-act