Bargaining Updates

Yesterday, we had a short bargaining session to make progress on non-economic proposals before Sinai’s anticipated response to our economic proposals on September 29. We continued to discuss just cause protections, with Sinai reiterating their desire to retain the...

RSVP for a Webinar with UC and UW Postdoc Strikers TOMORROW, 9/21 at 11:00 AM! Tomorrow we will hold an informational webinar with our fellow unionized postdocs at Columbia University, featuring researchers from the University of California and the University of...

In 2022, Sinai postdocs joined hundreds of fellow UAW workers from across sectors in NYC at the Labor Day Parade. March with NYC Postdocs at the Labor Day Parade this Saturday, 9/9! UAW members will be marching together at the New York City Labor Day parade on...

We demand that Sinai retracts their threat to international workers: sign the letter here!  You may have seen an email from Deans Nestler and Filizola to all postdocs at Sinai stating that “holders of certain visa classifications may be affected in the event of a...

RSVP for our Town Hall on next steps from our strike vote, tomorrow at 12pm! After last week’s announcement that we voted by an overwhelming 91% to authorize a strike, yesterday we started to see a response to this increase in pressure. However, Sinai’s response was...

RSVP for Our Bargaining Session TOMORROW (August 29th) from 9-11am! Last week, we voted by an overwhelming 91% to authorize our bargaining committee to call a strike if circumstances justify. If Mount Sinai understands the level of frustration so many of us feel, they...

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Strike Authorization Vote, which ended at midnight yesterday. Sinai postdocs voted by 91% to authorize our elected Bargaining Committee to call a strike if circumstances justify.  Total ballots cast: 377Yes: 342No: 35 Our...

"We voted YES!! International postdocs keep science running at Sinai! We deserve job security, financial stability, and a workplace free of discrimination and harassment.” We had a great start to our strike authorization vote last week, with hundreds of postdocs...

”The clear signs of Sinai’s unwillingness and their unprepared stance to timely tackle the economic proposal was eye-opening - Constantin Ruprecht, Postdoc in Genetics & Genomic Sciences Sinai made very little progress during our 24th bargaining session today....

Last week, over one hundred postdocs from across Mount Sinai came together at a mass meeting to voice strong support for a strike authorization vote, which would give our elected Bargaining Committee the ability to call a strike if they consider it necessary to win a...