CUNY Students March and Rally
Item
CUNY STUDENTS
MARCH AND RALLY
*NO $500 TUITION INCREASE
*NO $96 MILLION BUDGET CUTS
1
*NO $400 CUT IN TAP
*NO FACULTY AND STAFF LAYOFFS
THE ATTACKS ON THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY) ARE PART
OF CUTS AND ATTACKS CITY-WIDE, ON CITY WORKERS, ON OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE, WORKERS’ SAFETY, CHILD CARE, TRANSIT,
AMONG MANY OTHERS.
SUCCESS IN OUR STRUGGLE WILL ONLY COME IF WE FIGHT TOGETHER
AGAINST THESE CUTS.
STUDENTS -COMMUNITY-LABOR-JOIN US
DEMONSTRATE, WED APRIL 24
BEGINNING 12 NOON, WORLD TRADE CENTER
(CHURCH STREET SIDE)
For more information: CUNY Student StrikerseCCNY 650-8175eHunter 772-4267
Labor Support Work Call Veronica Golos 932--8837 or Key Martin 552-4056
MEET AL See oie
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MARCH AND RALLY
*NO $500 TUITION INCREASE
*NO $96 MILLION BUDGET CUTS
1
*NO $400 CUT IN TAP
*NO FACULTY AND STAFF LAYOFFS
THE ATTACKS ON THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY) ARE PART
OF CUTS AND ATTACKS CITY-WIDE, ON CITY WORKERS, ON OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE, WORKERS’ SAFETY, CHILD CARE, TRANSIT,
AMONG MANY OTHERS.
SUCCESS IN OUR STRUGGLE WILL ONLY COME IF WE FIGHT TOGETHER
AGAINST THESE CUTS.
STUDENTS -COMMUNITY-LABOR-JOIN US
DEMONSTRATE, WED APRIL 24
BEGINNING 12 NOON, WORLD TRADE CENTER
(CHURCH STREET SIDE)
For more information: CUNY Student StrikerseCCNY 650-8175eHunter 772-4267
Labor Support Work Call Veronica Golos 932--8837 or Key Martin 552-4056
MEET AL See oie
bee eae
Title
CUNY Students March and Rally
Description
This flyer promoted a city-wide protest scheduled for April 24, 1991, at the World Trade Center. Drawing connections between the struggles of students, community, and labor, this flyer stated, “success in our struggle will only come if we fight together against these cuts.”
The 1991 CUNY strikes were part of the larger story of austerity measures imposed on New York City and the community efforts to resist those measures. On April 16th, students mainly from the Graduate Center Anthropology PhD program occupied the Graduate Center in solidarity with a broader undergraduate mobilization across CUNY against the threat of steep tuition hikes, massive budget cuts, and faculty layoffs. What began as a one-day strike turned into a ten-day take-over in which students and faculty practiced forms of participatory democracy, discussed the root causes of the austerity problems being faced, and debated actions for change. Students often drew on CUNY’s history as the premier urban, public institution of higher education in the United States to argue that education was a right and that the proposed measures threatened working-class New Yorkers' ability to receive an education.
Contributor
McCaffrey, Katherine
Creator
CUNY Student Strikers
Date
April 24, 1991
Language
English
Rights
Copyrighted
Source
McCaffrey, Katherine
CUNY Student Strikers. Letter. “CUNY Students March and Rally.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1722