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DC 37 members at CUNY angry over delayed raises

7 months after ratifying the agreements

BY CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 10/4/24

College assistants, custodians and other non-pedagogical employees at the City University of New York are growing increasingly frustrated as they await agreed-to raises and retroactive payments more than seven months after ratifying a new contract.

Although Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state had reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with District Council 37, Teamsters Local 237 and SEIU Local 300 on Jan. 10, the 10,000 union members have not received any of the raises promised as part of the pact. 

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