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25 Years of Progress: Professional Staff Congress/CUNY

In celebration of their 25th anniversary, the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY (PSC) published this collection of articles written by Irwin Yellowitz, "professor emeritus of history at City College and a former PSC treasurer." The articles and [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Austerity, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Faculty Governance, Labor Unions, Pedagogy, State and/or City budget
Tags: Budget Cuts, Chancellor Joseph S. Murphy, Chancellor Robert Kibbee, Governor George Pataki, Governor Mario Cuomo, Legislative Conference, Mayor Abraham Beame, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Professional Staff Congress, United Federation of College Teachers
PSC demonstration at Chambers St. Near City Hall

The Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the union of CUNY faculty and staff, staged this demonstration in 1976 in the midst of the city's fiscal crisis. Colleges were being threatened with closure and budgets were being cut. Union members urged the [...]

Item Type: Image (Photograph)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget
Tags: Budget Cuts, City Hall, Professional Staff Congress

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