Professional Staff Congress/City University ef New York

PART-TIME FACULTY MENIB

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LUNI: ComMMITTEE FOR PART-TIME PERSONNEL

DAVID ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON

Part-time faculty should be aware of the following:

1) The PSC Delegate Assembly has voted to defer a strike referendum.
Negotiations and mediation will, however, be resumed next week. Con-
sequently, there is little chance for most adjuncts who have been laid

o be rehireu before the beginning of next semester. The number
of adjuncts who will ultimately be rehired will depend upon the suc-
cess of the union's legal actions and contract negotiations. The
union is making every effort along these lines to save adjuncts' jobs.
It may, however, be several months before the final outcome of these
efforts is known.

2) The union is filing a class grievance for all adjuncts. Under the
PSC Constitution individuals who have a grievance pending are eligible
to remain union members, whether or not they are working at CUNY.

3) The union has instituted on a temporary basis an "associate mem-
bership" for adjuncts who have been laid off. Associate members pay
$15 per semester dues and are not eligible: to vote in PSC elections.
Associate members may continue td belong to the union's health plan.

4) Adjuncts who are on unemployment may also be eligible for food
Stamps, depending on family size and income. (Sample minimum income
requirements: family of one, $215 per month; family of two, $300;
family of three, $427). For information concerning food stamps call
490-3900.

Please contact the PSC office if you have any questions.

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