I want to thank the PSC Bargaining Team and the City Tech PSC-CUNY Chapter Executive for their sacrifices, hard work and dedication during this contract campaign. The proposed contract has increases over the benchmark if not over inflation, and it includes larger raises for those paid less, as well as back pay and a ratification bonus.
Minimum Adjunct pay goes from $5,500 to $7,100 for a three credit course, an increase of 29%. In the proposed contract pay for adjuncts is slightly higher than the minimum pay for lecturers on a per credit basis.
CUNY has hired a lot of lecturers in the last few years, and this contract introduces a promotion path for them.
The contract includes improvements in benefits. There is an increase to the Welfare Fund and a parental leave program with a twelve weeks time off, four weeks longer than in the current contract.
There are improvements focused on faculty scholarship too: an increase in the size of PSC-CUNY awards, and a pilot reassigned time for post tenure faculty.
Working conditions are addressed in important ways. There will be a dedicated health and safety labor-management committee at each college to address serious problems that have plagued our campuses.
We didn’t win everything, but this contract is still a win for the membership of the PSC. As one of our colleagues said in a City Tech Zoom forum on the contract, an agreement like this is always a compromise.
Neil Katz
Professor of Mathematics
NYCCT
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