QUEENS COLLEGE — The Professional Staff Congress chapter is promoting activism among students and faculty members following the faculty layoffs last month. It is pushing to reverse the layoffs and help pass a New Deal for CUNY, which would invest $1.8 billion toward CUNY, give fair pay for adjuncts, repair buildings, and make the University free.
Founded in 1972, PSC is the union that “represents over 30,000 full- and part-time faculty at the City University of New York,” according to its website. Karen Weingarten, a professor in the English department at Queens College, is the PSC chair for the chapter on campus. Weingarten stressed the need for a new, just PSC contract; the central administration lobbying for more funding for CUNY, and greater transparency on decisions made regarding the budget.
