CUNY breaks faculty and staff contract, withholding promised pay raises
Last week, the City University of New York (CUNY) announced that it is indefinitely delaying “equity raises” to over 2,500 low-paid assistant staff and lecturers, amid the deepening pandemic-fueled financial crisis faced by the largest urban university system in the US. The decision, made by CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez, violates the latest worker contract agreements. It follows CUNY’s withholding of a promised 2 percent pay raise for faculty and staff in November, which also broke the contract, and the laying off of 2,800 adjunct faculty last summer.
CUNY Graduate Center (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows: ABC's “This Week” — White House press secretary Jen Psaki; Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. NBC's “Meet the Press” — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. CBS' “Face the Nation — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Mayors Sylvester Turner of Houston and Betsy Price of Fort Worth, Texas; Matthew Pottinger, deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump.
Sunday news shows in RI, Feb. 21, 2021 The Providence Journal
Newsmakers (5:30 a.m., Ch. 12; 10 a.m., Ch. 64; 7 p.m., Ch. 64.2)
Tim White and Ted Nesi sit down with U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., in his first local television interview since serving as one of the House impeachment managers.
In the Arena (7 a.m., Ch. 6)
Providence City Council President Sabina Matos joins Joe Paolino Jr. to discuss the most pertinent issues facing the city, as well as her bid to become the next lieutenant governor of Rhode Island.
State of the State (8 a.m., Cox Ch. 13, Verizon Ch. 32 and Full Channel Ch. 9)
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