Part-Time Instructional Staff: A Resolution for a Decent Contract
Item
Professional Staff Congress
25 West 43rd Street, Rm. 620 i
New York, N.Y. 10036
RESOLUTION FOR A DECENT CONTRACT on
PART-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
September 7, 1973
The Part-Time Instructional Staff of the Professional
Staff Congress, meeting in city-wide assembly, rejects the
proposed contract between the P.S.C. and the Board of
Higher Education because it violates basic principles of
unionism and common decency: no one group should gain or
lose excessively in collective negotiations. Adjunct and
part-time staff will lose excessively if this contract is
ratified:
20. No money: Our salary increases average only four
percent a year, less than the cost of living increase,
2). No multiple positions: Adjuncts can no longer work
Ww : :
more than a maximum of two courses or sixty percent
(whichever is less)" of the department average
classroom contact hour workloeq is). 305 Sto
Supplement their income. F
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3). No fringe benefits: Part-time staff receive) (}.
neither health nor faculty welfare benefits Vw!
4). No tuition exemption: Part-time staff have lost” »’
their right to tuition exemptions for undergraduate h |
courses at City University of New York.
5}. No job security: Redress for violations of remaining
rights probably is severely limited by the new definition
of "academic judgement" which now extends to contractual
procedures, rather than applying only to judgements based
on the academic disciplines. Furthermore, the arbitrator
no longer has even the power to reappoint or promote. This,
we predict, will make a mockery of "due process" rights.
We believe that cheap labor is bad policy for any union,
A contract which fails to benefit the weak as well as the
Strong Violates our sense of decency. This contract deserves
rejection by the membership of the PSC. Willian Ledohte. Vir
?: e *
Part-Time Personnel
25 West 43rd Street, Rm. 620 i
New York, N.Y. 10036
RESOLUTION FOR A DECENT CONTRACT on
PART-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
September 7, 1973
The Part-Time Instructional Staff of the Professional
Staff Congress, meeting in city-wide assembly, rejects the
proposed contract between the P.S.C. and the Board of
Higher Education because it violates basic principles of
unionism and common decency: no one group should gain or
lose excessively in collective negotiations. Adjunct and
part-time staff will lose excessively if this contract is
ratified:
20. No money: Our salary increases average only four
percent a year, less than the cost of living increase,
2). No multiple positions: Adjuncts can no longer work
Ww : :
more than a maximum of two courses or sixty percent
(whichever is less)" of the department average
classroom contact hour workloeq is). 305 Sto
Supplement their income. F
A uw O. Lf
3). No fringe benefits: Part-time staff receive) (}.
neither health nor faculty welfare benefits Vw!
4). No tuition exemption: Part-time staff have lost” »’
their right to tuition exemptions for undergraduate h |
courses at City University of New York.
5}. No job security: Redress for violations of remaining
rights probably is severely limited by the new definition
of "academic judgement" which now extends to contractual
procedures, rather than applying only to judgements based
on the academic disciplines. Furthermore, the arbitrator
no longer has even the power to reappoint or promote. This,
we predict, will make a mockery of "due process" rights.
We believe that cheap labor is bad policy for any union,
A contract which fails to benefit the weak as well as the
Strong Violates our sense of decency. This contract deserves
rejection by the membership of the PSC. Willian Ledohte. Vir
?: e *
Part-Time Personnel
Title
Part-Time Instructional Staff: A Resolution for a Decent Contract
Description
This September 7th, 1973 resolution was written by William Leicht, the VP of the Committee for Part-Time Instructional Staff of the PSC. It stated that a contract that "fails to benefit the weak as well as the strong, violates the basic principles of unionism." The reasons listed included a lack of salary increases, a failure to reduce the workload, and no fringe benefits. The resolution also noted that tuition exemption and job security weren't included in the contract. The Committee for Part-time Instructional Staff was a standing committee of the PSC Delegate Assembly. It was responsible for the consideration of problems facing part-time instructional staff and made recommendations related to the part-time instructional staff.
Contributor
Professional Staff Congress
Creator
Leicht, William, VP of the Part-time Instructional Staff Committee
Date
September 7, 1973
Language
English
Rights
Copyrighted
Source
The Tamiment Institute Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Original Format
Resolution / Legislation
Leicht, William, VP of the Part-time Instructional Staff Committee. Letter. “Part-Time Instructional Staff: A Resolution for a Decent Contract.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1380