Bargaining Updates
Focusing in on three proposals
We met with Sinai for our 19th bargaining session on Monday. We concentrated on discussing several articles with a few remaining areas where Sinai has shown resistance, in order to try to resolve these differences and reach agreements. Track our bargaining progress...
SPOC-UAW BARGAINING COMMITTEE ELECTION RESULTS
SPOC-UAW BARGAINING COMMITTEE ELECTION RESULTS The nomination period for the SPOC-UAW Bargaining Committee is closed as of May 11 at 5pm. The following eligible Postdoctoral Fellow accepted nomination: Andrea Joseph Because the number of eligible candidates who...
More progress after months of negotiations – Keep the pressure on!
RSVP for our Union Rally with Sinai Student Workers, Monday 5/15 at 12pm! Yesterday, we had our 18th bargaining session with Sinai and made some significant progress, after months of increasing the pressure around our demands for a fair contract. RSVP now to join an...
Sinai’s latest proposal continues to limit just cause protections
On April 27, we met Mount Sinai for our 17th bargaining session. After months of postdocs making our voices heard on the need for fair standards for discipline and termination, Mount Sinai agreed to remove language in the Discipline and Dismissal article that would...
Join our union Town Hall — this Friday 2pm!
RSVP for our union town hall this Friday at 2pm in Annenberg 13-01! In the last six months of bargaining, we have made progress in a number of areas, but Sinai has continued to stall negotiations by not scheduling enough time to bargain and refusing to make sufficient...
Not enough progress after a month without sessions
Today we met Mount Sinai for the 16th time at the bargaining table, almost a month after our last bargaining session. Despite the long break, Sinai had only prepared counter proposals for four out of the nine articles on their side: Prohibition Against Discrimination...
The data doesn’t support Sinai’s “Truth” about negotiations
On March 17, Deans Nestler and Filizola sent an email claiming to “set the record straight” about our negotiations. In this email, they characterize us as making “unfair and baseless accusations” and in return, they offer “the truth”. As scientists, we are skeptical...
Sinai reacts to postdocs’ growing frustration
March 19, 2023 On Friday we had our 15th bargaining session with Mount Sinai. It was great to have over 50 postdocs join us at the session. If you would like to see first-hand how the bargaining process works with Mount Sinai, click here and we will let you know when...
Join us at the bargaining table, 3/17 @ 9am
March 13, 2023 RSVP for our next virtual bargaining session on Friday, 3/17 at 9am. Last June, we voted by an overwhelming 89.5% to form our union so we could negotiate a fair contract with Mount Sinai. Since then, we have held 14 bargaining sessions with...
Sinai makes minor changes and continues to stall progress
March 9, 2023 RSVP to attend our next bargaining session on March 17! Yesterday we met Sinai for the 14th time at the bargaining table. Sinai presented counters on Workload, Professional Development, Training, Employment Records, and Appointment Security. While Sinai...