CUNY PART-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL
AND RESEARCH STAFF UNION

CUNY Part-Time Instructional and
Research Staff Union

14-33 East 102 St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11236 VOL. 1, NO ]
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763-0343

WHO WE ARE

We are 3,500 Adjunct Lecturers and Graduate Assistants employed by CUNY.

We teach and research in the same university yet we rarely meet one another.
We have much in common. All of us are poorly treated by CUNY. We are under-
represented and underpaid. We don't receive basic benefits such as health
insurance, cumulative sick pay, tuition waivers and job security. To improve
our working and living conditions we have begun to organize an independent
trade union.

Adjunct Lecturers and Graduate Assistants are now represented by the Professional
Staff Congress (PSC), a union comprised mostly of full-time faculty and staff.
The PSC has done little so far to improve conditions for part-timers. After a
long and frustrating relationship with the PSC, we have concluded that a separate
union of part-timers would be the most effective way to further our cause.

Part-time faculty and staff at the Universities of California, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Oregon State, Florida State, C.W.Post, Nassau Community College, Hofstra and SUNY
have organized part-time faculty unions. We are now beginning to recruit members
on each of CUNY's campuses. You can join our effort by attending the next general
meeting on April 27 at 4 pm, Room 1027 at the Graduate Center, 33 West 42 Street.

ANNOUNCEMENTS - - - ANNOUNCEMENTS

**General Meeting--April 27 at 4 pm, CUNY Graduate Center, Room 1027--Come hear
the PSC's view as told by PSC Vice President for Part-Time Affairs,
Ms. Susan Praeger.

**Spring Party! Yes, we are not all work and no play. Following the General
Meeting at 6 pm, 3rd Fl. Studio, come dancing and drinking and eating with
rock music by BOOK OF LOVE and country music by JODI--bring a friend or two.

**Conference for Part-Time Faculty Unions--June 2 at Nassau Community College.
Details at the General Meeting.

*kSocialist Scholars Conference--April 20 and 21 at Boro of Manhattan Community
College, Greenwich and Harrison Sts. More info, call 790-4320. A number of

panels will discuss the state of American labor.

*kVolunteer to register voters this summer--call Human SERVE Fund, 280-4053.


WHAT WE STAND FOR
+ Pro-rated pay according to the full-time lecture line

+ Basic benefits such as health insurance, child care, tuition waivers,
and cumulative sick pay

+ Access to university facilities and support services (computers,
library, labs, adequate space, gyms, materials and equipment)

+ Job security (grievance procedure, seniority system for promotions,
one year or longer contracts, and timely notification of appointments)

+ Reestablishment of free tuition and Open Admissions
+ Aggressive affirmative action programs

+ Increased state and federal support for higher education; decreased
spending for the military; support for disarmament efforts; and a
public campaign to make higher education a right for all regardless
of economic status

PTU CAMPUS CONTACTS

Queens College: Dexter Jeffries (English) 520-7238

Brooklyn and Lehman Colleges: Andy Kolin (Pol Sci) 780-5485
City College: Donna Lieberman (Urban Legal Studies) 690-5425
Hunter College: Peter Hitchcock (English) 772-5070

The Graduate Center: Jeff Gerson (Pol Sci) 790-4275

PTU Office: 763-0343 from 9 to 5 pm

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Aside from attending general meetings you can contribute much to the
Union's efforts. We need writers, editors, researchers, speakers,
typists, educators and artists. Here is an opportunity to learn new
skills, meet people, and grow with us. Help us; we'll help you.
Start spreading the word by talking to your fellow part-timers.

Let them know PTU is here.

HAPPY SPRING HOLIDAYS. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.

CUNY PART-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL
AND RESEARCH STAFF UNION

CUNY Part-Time Instructional and
Research Staff Union
14-33 East 102 St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11236