Brooklyn College PSC-CUNY

All meetings are 12:30-2:00 pm.   Lunch is provided. ·       Wednesday Feb 14   Ingersoll Hall 3143 ·       Thursday March 22   Ingersoll Hall 3143 ·       Tuesday May 1  James Hall 2604

AAUP senior program officer Hans-Joerg Tiede discussed "Academic Freedom in the Age of Trump" at in the BC Library Tanger Auditorium, January 30, 2018.

The PSC turned out in force for a Wall Street demonstration against the devastating "tax reform" bill pushed through by the GOP this week.  President Barbara Bowen and Vice President Mike Fabricant joined Rutgers AAUP President David Hughes and twelve others committing civil disobedience and risking arrest.  BC faculty and staff in attendance included Pierani Pieronni (College Now), Chris Ebert (History), James Davis (English), and Tammy Lewis (Sociology).  Retired BC Psychology professor Nancy Romer was arrested with the others engaged in civil disobedience... #fierce! The #GOPtaxscam passed, but the struggle continues and the resistance movement grows.

Brooklyn College faculty and staff turned out in big numbers to demonstrate at the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting December 4, 2017. More photos, care of Ben Shepard, NYCCT Chapter Chair, available here: https://benjaminheimshepard.blogspot.com/2017/12/cunyneedsaraise-and-not-in-seven-years.html

1. Plan to attend the contract campaign kickoff rally Mon. Dec 4 4:30pm Gather at CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave at 34th St. 5:00pm March to Baruch Vertical Campus, 55 Lexington Ave at 25th St. 5:30-6:30pm Rally Outside CUNY Board of Trustees Mtg, 25th St Pedestrian Plaza, Baruch College    RSVP: http://www.psc-cuny.org/dec4 Take a sticker! Take a flier! On social media?  Add a twibbon . For updates on the contract rally and future actions, text "PSC” to 69238   2. Questions about the announced bargaining agenda? 3. Mark your calendars: Higher Ed lobby day in Albany is Wed Feb 28 4. Dr. Penny Lewis, Associate Professor, CUNY Murphy Institute for Worker Education, and Senior College Officer on PSC Exec Council, presentation on Janus v. AFSCME .  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pyzQZ3RDCEHtK5wHTqjj8NDr-hossSdz

Janus v AFSCME & Recommit Campaign o    “Rightwing Alliance Plots Assault to ‘Defund and Defang’ America’s Unions,” Guardian 8/30/17 o    PSC Recommit campaign: blue cards or online at psc-cuny.org o    Adjunct membership blitz Wed and Thu afternoon – sign up to participate: https://doodle.com/poll/dybrqdicne7m26zx Announced bargaining agenda http://psc-cuny.org/contract/2017-psc-bargaining-agenda o    Process o    Demands o    Contract campaign = budget , legislative + student , community , member mobilization Con Con o    Election day (Nov 7) vote No on Prop 1: Constitutional Convention o    Phone bank – outreach to CUNY colleagues from home! http://www.psc-cuny.org/issues/vote-no-nys-constitutional-convention