Department of Anthropology, Hunter College - CUNY

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PSC Strike Readiness

The PSC-CUNY union passed a Strike Readiness Resolution in November 2020, marking a vital shift in union strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic. What now? What does strike readiness mean, and how can you help us achieve it?

Join the fight: http://bit.do/readinesscommittees

(Brochure created by a group of part-time Rank and file members from the Cross-CUNY Strike Authorization Vote Coalition)

“We, the undersigned faculty, students, and staff at the City University of New York, express our opposition to the resolution that the CUNY Board of Trustees allocate $1,985,050 over the next five years to renew the university’s contract with Turnitin. Our opposition is based on the following four principles: (1) misunderstanding about the nature and intent of this software, as represented in the resolution; (2) Turnitin’s violation of the CUNY University Faculty Senate’s Resolution Affirming the Privacy of Learning Data and Principles for Working with Third-Party Vendors, approved in May 2020; (3) the lack of consultation with relevant and interested faculty, staff, and student groups across CUNY; and (4) the questionable wisdom of a commitment by the university to the exorbitant cost of this contract during a moment of fiscal crisis.” For the full statement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRSUH1MIrE8_DjwB7YdOhHHSPiq9a0KOPFMk7axahigdJYiYzVs6oeFPon9o4tVAu8T4hVo43f9My90/pub TO SIGN, VISIT http://cuny.is/againstturnitin-sign

Writing Across the Curriculum but Crossed off the Budget

By the Hunter Adjunct Alliance

Writing Across the Curriculum but Crossed off the Budget The Writing Center, one of the few opportunities for students to receive individualized instruction at a college that is now almost entirely online, has been decimated by cuts. It serves every cour…

https://haareports.org/2020/11/20/once-again-the-economy-falters-and-cuny-suffers/

Once Again the Economy Falters and CUNY Suffers: An Investigative Report Rather than tax the wealthy, Governor Andrew Cuomo has decided to put the burden of the state’s pandemic-induced budget shortfall on the backs of CUNY’s working class constituency. The state …

The Cross Campus Strike Authorization Committee’s original resolution did not pass Thursday.

Buuut a strike readiness resolution proposed by the PSC leadership just passed, including three significant amendments that we added to get some of the original sentiment back in! 🔥

We move, y’all. And we are moving towards

This is the real that we want to see and make a reality 🌱✨

Coalition work is the dream work! and so many more 🌸

https://thehunterenvoy.wordpress.com/2020/11/20/opinion-the-capitalist-crusade-to-obliterate-cuny/

Opinion: The Capitalist Crusade to Obliterate CUNY Tuition hikes and fundraising will not rescue CUNY from legislators’ neglect and grant us the education we deserve.

Not a delegate but want to attend tonight’s PSC Delegates Assembly, when we will vote on the strike readiness resolution?

Join through the link below! The Delegate Assembly begins at 6:30pm.

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