Support the Vision for Equity!
~~We are asking ALL PSC MEMBERS to sign this form to show support for the Vision for Equity and urge that it be the foundation from which we negotiate salary, benefits, job security and other provisions for Adjunct faculty and other Part-Time staff in the next contract.~~

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The Vision for Equity, developed over several years by the Platform Committee, a subcommittee established by the Committee for Adjuncts and Part-Timers (CAP), is a comprehensive approach to bargaining designed to achieve equity in pay, benefits and job protection. It includes a visionary set of demands that would affect all part-time and adjunct titles across CUNY. CUNY is at a crucial juncture, and we have a vision for the future of adjunct and part-time work that sees secure adjunct and part-time positions with better pay and benefits, as well as other provisions around workload assignments and fair compensation for cancelled classes.

As our union prepares for a new round of contract negotiations, we are urging the PSC leadership, Bargaining Team and Delegate Assembly to use this Vision as the basis for contract demands directly concerning half the faculty but benefitting the whole bargaining unit. These demands are an important step toward equity across job titles at CUNY and aim to close the compensation and benefit gap between full-time faculty and staff and part-time faculty and staff. View a helpful slide show here: Vision for Equity slide show

Below are key provisions of the Vision for Equity and you can read the full vision here: Vision for Equity

  1. One faculty, one staff, one CUNY        
  2. Equity in pay, benefits and job protection      
  3. Job security

SALARY

  • Adjuncts and all part-timers should have annual steps just like full-time faculty and staff
  • The salary floor for all adjunct faculty, regardless of title, should be $13,000 per three-credit class (or three contact hours)
OTHER COMPENSATION
  • Compensation for work reductions, canceled classes and additional students added beyond the class-size limits
  • Severance pay in case of lay-offs.
JOB SECURITY
  • Embrace, not replace, current adjunct faculty and part-time employees.
  • Create an Adjunct Certificate of Continuous Employment (CCE) with eligibility regardless of course/workload.
  • Expand eligibility for three year appointments
THREE PATHS TO FULL-TIME POSITIONS
  • A new Certificate of Continuous Employment (CCE) for adjuncts with a part-time course load and those with a full-time course load. Options for gradually increasing one’s course load, it desired.
  • Significant share of new full-time lines set aside for current Adjunct faculty
  • HIRE FROM WITHIN
  • Lecturer lines (open-search, dedicated and conversion lines).
  • Traditional tenure-track lines.
SENIORITY RIGHTS
  • Adopt a straightforward, transparent seniority system, such as one based on date of hire
  • Seniority rights should obtain over scheduling, reappointment, layoffs, and rehiring.
BENEFITS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
  • Health insurance for all part-timers, including family coverage, upon hire
  • Same paid medical leave as full-timers.
  • Health insurance in retirement.
  • Bargain for lower class size for all classes, both in-person and online.
WORK LOAD
  • Allow adjuncts to teach up to five courses across CUNY colleges.
  • Workload limits have not compelled CUNY to hire more full-time faculty, but have limited Adjunct’s ability to make a living
  • For NTAs and CLTs, reset the semester cap on hours to 450 (full-time equivalence) and allow it to be accrued across campuses

The Platform Committee, establish by the Committee for Adjuncts and Part-timers
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