First Contract Meeting
Item
Title
First Contract Meeting
Description
This photograph shows the first meeting of the newly formed Professional Staff Congress (PSC) contract negotiating committee with CUNY administration. Negotiations were difficult and an agreement was not reached until July 1973.
Pictured here from the left, facing the camera, are PSC team members Harold Wilson, the leader of the College Laboratory Technicians Chapter, Ada Agronin from Queens College, Irving Panken, a PSC staff member, Israel Kugler, the PSC Deputy President, Arnold Cantor, the Executive Director of the union, Belle Zeller, the President of the PSC, Irwin Polishook from Lehman College, Claude Campbell, from Staten Island Community College, and Samuel Ehrenpreis, from Bronx Community College.
Pictured here from the left, facing the camera, are PSC team members Harold Wilson, the leader of the College Laboratory Technicians Chapter, Ada Agronin from Queens College, Irving Panken, a PSC staff member, Israel Kugler, the PSC Deputy President, Arnold Cantor, the Executive Director of the union, Belle Zeller, the President of the PSC, Irwin Polishook from Lehman College, Claude Campbell, from Staten Island Community College, and Samuel Ehrenpreis, from Bronx Community College.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Date
1972 (Circa)
Contributor
Professional Staff Congress
Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Original Format
Photograph
Unknown. 1972. “First Contract Meeting.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/769