The union that represents more than 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY). #1U linktr.ee/psc.cuny
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CUNY Students are standing up for fair pay for their professors. New York should too, @NYGovCuomo and @NYCMayor. #CUNYContractNow
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The PSC is proud to endorse @BernieSanders in the NYS Primary for his progressive agenda on higher education, in particular, and on broader issues that represent the interests of our members, CUNY students, and working people psc-cuny.org/news-events/psc…
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CUNY students say “We believe in our dreams. Why won't Albany believe in us?" Tell legislators @NYSA_Majority & @NYSenDems to believe. #FundOurFutures #NYBudget Send this letter--> psc-cuny.org/FixCUNYCommunit… …
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Trump, Musk, the MAGA movement, and the billionaires they represent have attacked our schools, students, and members with ferocity. Hundreds of PSC members are taking to the streets with thousands and thousands of fellow NYers to say #HandsOff
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Rebecca Smart teaches 11 courses a year as an adjunct at CUNY and cannot afford to send her daughter to CUNY. She's telling the Board of Trustees to DO THEIR JOB and fight for the CUNY we deserve.
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The Professional Staff Congress calls on the CUNY Chancellor to urge the District Attorney to drop the charges against the CUNY students and employees arrested the night of April 30 during the NYPD sweep of the CCNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment. 1/3
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Circulating a faculty member's name, email, and classroom access info on social media exposes them to harassment and intimidation. It goes well beyond an objection to political expression and makes both faculty and students less safe.
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.@ChancellorCUNY must allow remote work & instruction at least first weeks of January. NYU, New School, Columbia, Rutgers & FIT are all doing the sensible thing - @CUNY should too. #CUNYSafeReturn
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Tell your legislators, @CarlHeastie & @AndreaSCousins to increase funding for CUNY by $273.6 million, pass New Deal for CUNY legislation, and make the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share. #NewDeal4CUNY #InvestInOurNY
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Lawful student protest on any @CUNY campus should not be met with NYPD arrests, including today's demonstration at @CityCollegeNY. Administration can & must ensure students' safety and prevent harassment on campus without resorting to the forcible removal of peaceful protestors
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It's official! The PSC Delegate Assembly just voted tonight to make a ranked-choice endorsement for NYC Mayor: #1 @scottmstringer #2 @Dianne4NYC
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The Executive Council of the PSC has voted to change our union's endorsements for NYC mayor in light of the news that Jessica Ramos has endorsed Andrew Cuomo for Mayor. We are now urging voters to rank Michael Blake in fourth or fifth place.
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The PSC’s Delegate Assembly endorsed five candidates for Mayor of the City of New York.
Read more about our city-wide endorsements: psc-cuny.org/issues/new-york…
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ALL WORK performed @CUNY by PSCers must be done remotely! @BillThompsonNYC & @ChancellorCUNY Everyone wants to work in safety and without endangering our families and the community. #CUNYcovid19 #CUNYTeachWorkRemote
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"I am risking arrest because we will soon be two years without an annual raise - and I’m ready for our union to start seriously escalating!" -- Zoe Hu, @GC_CUNY, 10/21/2024
Contract for #APeoplesCUNY
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PSC Union leaders blockade doors outside CUNY Trustees meeting. They will not be moved until thered a fully funded & fair contract! #CUNYContractNow #FairPayForAll #7KCUNY
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The PSC condemns in the strongest possible terms the militarized policing of campuses that is taking place across the country and in New York City, including at our own @CityCollegeNY campus last night.
Full statement: psc-cuny.org/news-events/arr…
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PSC President James Davis alongside @CUNY students Joe, Ayesha, and Ariadne at @SenSchumer’s press conference today calling on @POTUS to #CancelStudentDebt!
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Thanks @AOC for writing @ChancellorCUNY & @CUNY Board Chair William Thompson in support of 1000s of adjuncts facing layoffs. You're right, NY needs CUNY now more than ever. #CutCovidNotCUNY No cuts! No Layoffs! Keep everyone insured! psc-cuny.org/sites/default/f…
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.@CUNY is $100M+ in the hole & down 300 community college faculty & staff since COVID. Advisors say campuses are so short staffed they're pulling in random staff to help. Fed funds are already allocated. Shame on this 11th hour excuse to defund public higher ed. #CareNotCuts
CUNY is sitting on nearly $80M in federal funding, causing Mayor Adams’ office and City Council to question the their big opposition to a proposed funding reduction: sources. @C_Sommerfeldt
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80% of @CUNY students are people of color. 60% have incomes <$30,000.
Most live in communities w/highest rates of job loss and COVID-19
illness & death. #CUNY must not cut courses they need to graduate & lay
off adjuncts that teach courses. #CutCOVIDNotCUNY
#CUNYSummerofStruggle
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"It is dismaying that CUNY has failed to provide basic support to graduate students and address their survival needs," say Zoe Hu, @psccunygc chapter chair.
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Do the right thing @ChancellorCUNY. Allow ALL non-essential @CUNY staff to work remotely in January. Permit remote instruction until the case rate substantially subsides. #CUNYSafeReturn
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DON’T BETRAY @CUNY in the budget! Your one-house budgets gave us hope after students, faculty + staff faced illness, job-losses & cuts to our *public* universities.Don’t fail NY now! #ALLin4SUNYCUNY @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins @tobystavisky @deborahjglick
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PSC joins fellow unionists and academics in condemning the recent actions of Columbia University administration to suppress student protest on April 18.
Read full statement here: psc-cuny.org/news-events/sta…
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"I was stunned when — after seven years — CUNY told me: 'you don’t have a CUNY pension. You have no account with us. We have no record of anything.'"
OPINION | CUNY must fix its pension mess
City University is being sued by its faculty for not correctly paying into the retirement system
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NY should be investing more in institutions that serve communities of color. But @CUNY plans to cut 1000s of classes—& lay off 1000s of adjunct faculty. #CutCovidNotCUNY #CUNYSummerofStruggle Tell CUNY: No cuts! No Layoffs! -> psc-cuny.org/NoLayoffs
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Thanks, Alex Pellitteri of @nycYDSA at Hunter College for speaking today on free tuition and the other needed investments. of 1 of 2 #NewDeal4CUNY
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“From Astoria to Albany, the message is clear. No cuts to CUNY!” Thank you CUNY champion @ZohranKMamdani
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A group of Queens lawmakers took aim at two of the city’s most powerful universities this week, demanding they pay their “fair share” of property taxes to directly fund their public counterparts. #PayYourTaxes queenseagle.com/all/2023/12/…
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.@CUNY is being stripped for parts while the richest universities get $321M in property tax breaks. Pass the REPAIR bills! THANK YOU @ZohranKMamdani !
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Congratulations to CUNY champion @ZohranKMamdani for his decisive victory in last night's Democratic mayoral primary! We were proud to support Zohran and his momentous campaign and look forward to keeping up this incredible momentum through November and beyond.
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30+ PSC-CUNY members are currently risking arrest to make sure that @ChancellorCUNY and the Trustees can no longer ignore our just demands! It’s time for a fair contract with real raises NOW.
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The PSC is outraged about @CUNY leadership’s unilateral, unjustified firing of four faculty members in what appears to be retribution for their political speech and advocacy. (1/2)
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Comptroller @bradlander says “We’ve had 94 million in cuts from the @NYCMayor Adams administration just this year. When we say no more cuts to CUNY, we mean it!”
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Of course, PSC members are fighting for a #NewDeal4CUNY and a Contract for #APeoplesCUNY with real raises. capcut.com/t/ZmFq6Ppr9/
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“The frustration from CUNY students, faculty and staff is understandable,” said James Davis, the president of the Professional Staff Congress, which represents faculty and staff. “Mayor Adams is cutting CUNY, leaving students without needed resources.” #FundCUNYNow #CareNotCuts
As the City University of New York School of Law dean introduced Mayor Eric Adams at the commencement service, she noted his time spent on the police force. The crowd booed.
When Adams took to the stage, many of the graduates turned their backs to him. nyti.ms/41sbUFv
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My students deserve more:
- full time faculty
- counselors
- advisers
- support
Why are you fighting for a #NewDeal4CUNY?
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Statement on today's announced NYC budget deal: “The Professional Staff Congress and its members are immensely appreciative of the Council’s restoration of $32.4 million in CUNY funding, the majority of the Mayor’s recent cuts to community college funding. #CareNotCUTs🧵
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🚨 A recent report claims @CUNY is not spending federal stimulus & does not need full #NYCbudget funding. We'll always call out management when it's deserved! But this is a cynical 11th hour ploy. Here’s why: [ A #CareNotCuts THREAD] nydailynews.com/news/politic…
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#APeoplesCUNY March is filling up. Hundreds here already to march for #NewDeal4CUNY
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The PSC is proud to endorse Jaslin Kaur @jaslinforqueens for New York City Council District 23
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Free, well-funded high quality public higher education for the public college students of New York City is within our reach. Tell Albany to fund a #NewDeal4CUNY
Send a letter to lawmakers --> cunyrisingalliance.org
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REPAIR - Repeal Egregious Property Accumulation & Invest it Right bills being announced today by NYS sponsors @LiuNewYork @ZohranKMamdani would end $321M annual property tax breaks for Columbia & NYU, directing the revenue to @CUNY
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Hundreds of CUNY and SUNY students, faculty and staff rallying on the Million Dollar Staircase. #NewDeal4HigherEd #NewDeal4CUNY
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"..our own @CUNY system blows everyone else out of the water...Every dollar in is a dollar that is magnified" We need #NewDeal4CUNY & BIG increases in RECURRING funding in this #NYSBudget @GovKathyHochul @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-e…
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“What do we want? A FREE CUNY! When do we want it? NOW!” #NewDeal4CUNY #Allin4SUNYCUNY
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85% of teachers @Hunter_College Campus Schools have voted to authorize the PSC to call a safety strike over COVID concerns. Teachers & students need independent safety inspections now! @ChancellorCUNY @HunterPresident #HCCSsafereturn psc-cuny.org/k-12-teachers-h…
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Enrollments at CUNY are rebounding after declining during COVID. Applications are up almost 400%! @GovKathyHochul, we need BIG increases in @CUNY funding in your Executive Budget #APeoplesCUNY
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Thanks @BernieSanders for supporting #newdeal4CUNY!
I am proud to support the New Deal for CUNY campaign calling on New York state to tax the rich and make CUNY tuition-free for poor and working-class students.
Together, we will make this a reality at public colleges and universities across America.
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Bottom line @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins! CUNY needs $80 million MORE than what's on the #NYSBudget table. Fill the WHOLE TAP GAP THIS YEAR! FUND THE TUITION FREEZE. An unfunded tuition freeze guarantees inferior education and betrays @CUNY students #ALLin4SUNCUNY
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Thank you for your endless support @NYCComptroller!!!! #NewDeal4CUNY
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In the midst of a pandemic we're resisting panicked, preemptive plans to lay off 1000s of @CUNY’s lowest-paid, workers. Time to #MakeBillionairesPay #cutcovidnotcuny @ChancellorCUNY
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200+ PSC members, allies, and community members continue to demonstrate, chant, and express gratitude for our 30+ colleagues who have taken arrest to amplify our urgent calls for real raises, job security, and a contract now!
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Despite the fact that colleges in the @CUNY system have among the best returns on investment in the entire country, #CUNY has announced plans to slash the budgets of 9 CUNY colleges. #NoCutsToCUNY #InvestinCUNY #InvestInNY #APeoplesCUNY amny.com/opinion/stop-puttin…
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Enough with the fear mongering about asylum seekers. Enough with the PEG cuts, @NYCMayor. We need #CareNotCuts @NYCProgressives @PeoplesPlanNYC
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The PSC is proud to endorse Michael Hollingsworth @mike4brooklyn for New York City Council District 35
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#NewDeal4CUNY (state bill S2146/A4425) would set minimum staff-to-student ratios for full-time faculty, counselors & advisors, ensure parity pay for adjunct faculty, fix CUNY’s crumbling buildings & make CUNY tuition-free again. Let's fund it in the budget @GovKathyHochul
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"New Yorkers are ready for a free and fully funded public university system and we are committed to making that vision a reality. Our students deserve no less." - PSC President James Davis #InvestinCUNY #NewDeal4CUNY #APeoplesCUNY
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.@GovKathyHochul wants a #NYSBudget w/annual tuition hikes. The Legislature wants #NoTuitionHikes + 100s of millions in increased funding for @CUNY.
Thank these #CUNY alumni in the NYS Legislature. Urge them to keep pushing for #NewDeal4CUNY w/big, RECURRING funding increases.
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“This is my 3rd time being fired from a #CUNY position in more than a decade working at @CUNY. This kind of behavior & complete disregard for our faculty has me deeply concerned abt the future of #CUNY & its ability to retain the next gen of devoted teachers..." #NoCutsToCUNY
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Shame on @NewsatMedgar Pres. Rudy Crew & @ChancellorCUNY for breaking the PSC-CUNY Contract by laying off @CUNY adjuncts w/ 3-yr appointments & tossing them off health insurance during COVID. PSC is fighting for adjuncts at a grievance hearing today. Retweet in solidarity.
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Thank you @NYCSpeakerAdams for your commitment to CUNY!!
“CUNY is an engine of opportunity and is critical to the city’s economic recovery.” @NYCSpeakerAdams
Op-ed | The importance of finding funding for CUNY, an engine of opportunity amny.com/education/op-ed-cun…
#FundCUNYNow
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Get the budget right, @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins! @NYSA_Majority @NYSenateDems NYS needs $7 Billion in #TaxtheRich revenue. @CUNY needs $80 million MORE than what's on the #NYSBudget table. USE YOUR SUPERMAJORITY!
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The Board of Trustees moved their meeting to the Bronx at the last minute, but that isn’t deterring PSC members from fighting for #APeoplesCUNY
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Senator John Liu @LiuNewYork is speaking about the importance of CUNY to economic development. “The state has been divesting in CUNY for decades. More and more of the burden is falling on students”
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Tell the @CUNY Trustees & @ChancellorCUNY No layoffs! No cuts! They must use the CARES Act $ to save jobs & fight for the public funding CUNY needs. Hurting CUNY means hurting our recovery. #CutCovidNotCUNY psc-cuny.org/no-layoffs
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All NYC students deserve a quality education! Let's pass the REPAIR bills to fully fund CUNY! With $20B in combined endowments, tuition 2X a typical CUNY student’s income & vast land holdings in NYC, NYU and Columbia can easily afford to #payyourtaxes.
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CUNY needs increased funding in @GovKathyHochul's executive budget & full funding--not more cuts--from @NYCMayor. @CUNY needs a strong educational vision and the resources necessary to support that vision. #NewDeal4CUNY #CareNotCuts nydailynews.com/2023/12/17/c…
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"Cutting #CUNY professors & classes will not bring students back from pandemic enrollment declines. We must prioritize academic excellence in supportive, robust learning environments for current & future students by continuing to #InvestinCUNY." @NYCComptroller #NoMoreCutsToCUNY
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President James Davis- Investing in Public Higher Ed. transforms lives!! #NewDeal4HigherEd #NewDeal4CUNY
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The PSC has endorsed this open letter calling for @POTUS Biden to end the designation of Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”. We stand in solidarity with the Cuban people, who have been subjected to a draconian blockade by the US Government for over 60 years.
🚨 Over 50 elected officials, labor leaders, and solidarity organizations nationwide are calling on @POTUS to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, ease Trump-era sanctions, and send humanitarian aid. It’s time to act. international.dsausa.org/cub…
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Great op-ed by Assembly Member @SolagesNY! "It’s time for the state to reinvest in [CUNY and SUNY] and follow through on @GovKathyHochul's vision for higher education." #NewDeal4CUNY #NewDeal4HigherEd #NoTuitionHikes cityandstateny.com/opinion/2…
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DAILY NEWS: Dozens of @CUNY faculty & staff were arrested Mon during a protest to demand a new union contract with higher pay. "They haven’t shown faculty, staff & students the respect of a fair economic offer..," said PSC Pres. James Davis #APeoplesCUNY nydailynews.com/2024/10/21/d…
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We are not going to allow the Board of Trustees to conduct business as usual while our members are 15 months without a contract and job security is under attack. It’s time for #APeoplesCUNY
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Thanks @Senschumer for securing $235M in fed stimulus to benefit @CUNY students & hold off budget cuts. We’ll all need to continue fighting for more fed, state & city funding to help power NY’s recovery.
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New York State needs free, high quality public higher education. And CUNY needs $100s of millions more in RECURRING state funding. #NewDeal4CUNY #NewDeal4HigherEd @GovKathyHochul @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie
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The workers United will never be defeated! #FairContract4All #CUNYContractNow
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No excuses! #NewDeal4CUNY @JumaaneWilliams Says we want a free CUNY and we want it now. #APeoplesCUNY
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Unions are the strongest force opposing worker exploitation, income inequality & the rending of the social safety net that millions of Americans depend on. We’re #StickingWithOurUnion #UnionStrong #UnionProud #1U #Union
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.@SenatorRJackson helped lead the Campaing for Fiscal Equity that generated billions of new $ for preK-12, so he knows the road may be long but reversing racialized austerity in public education is a worthy struggle #NewDeal4CUNY
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Nationwide marches and rallies will take place TODAY to address gun violence across our country. There is still time to find a march near you. @AMarch4OurLives #EnoughisEnough #March4OurLives marchforourlives.com/march22…
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PSC members were proud to represent our fellow #CUNY workers at the @NYSAFLCIO convention #UnionStrong
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