CUNY Struggle has been hard at work organizing with the campaign for #7KorStrike, a citywide coalition working from the bottom-up to win $7K per course for CUNY adjuncts by putting CUNY politics back in the hands of students and the rank-and-file.
In defiance of the snow and an asteroid belt of MTA delays, last Saturday’s 7K or Strike Conference & Organizing Day drew over 100 people from across CUNY and beyond, for a day of sharing knowledge, pooling resources, and strategizing for the fight ahead.
The campaign has also played a driving force in the movement of “grade-ins” for $7K, beginning with the grade-in for 7K or Strike last semester at Brooklyn College. Brooklyn remains the flagship of the grade-in movement, thanks largely to the solidarity from student groups like the Brooklyn College Student union. Check out these testimonials from the last grade-in, attended by over fifty people… the number to beat!
Grade-ins bring unwaged adjunct labor into the hallways of CUNY campuses, to call attention to adjunct exploitation while simultaneously building a movement to win $7K by any means necessary. Grade-ins have been held at Brookyn College, BMCC, Lehman, Hostos, and John Jay. If you’d like to see one on your campus, don’t wait for instructions from on high; organize it yourself! Just be sure to invite us 🙂
Check out the photo gallery below for a sample of what’s been happening at CUNY so far this year. If you’d like to get involved, what’s the holdup? We are the PSC, and we are CUNY! Join us. #7KorStrike
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