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...

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...

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...