Bargaining Updates
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...
Sinai tries to weaken health and safety, barely moves on discrimination + Rally TOMORROW 12:30pm: Sinai, Stop the Stalling!
February 22, 2023 Rally with us TOMORROW to Tell Sinai: Stop Stalling! Thursday, 2/23 at 12:30pm. Yesterday we met Sinai for the 13th time at the bargaining table, almost five months since we started bargaining. We opened the discussion by asking Sinai about our...
Sinai continues to reject basic rights that are standard for unionized postdocs
February 4, 2023 Postdocs from across campus came out to our town hall to discuss ways we can urge Mount Sinai to make progress. On Wednesday we met with the Sinai administration for another bargaining session. They made counter proposals on Workload, Appointment...
Sinai is “unwilling” to extend housing during bargaining
January 20, 2023 Over 40 postdocs attended our bargaining session today on zoom! Today we met with the Sinai administration for the 10th time. It was great to see over forty postdocs from across departments joining us at the session. Postdoc participation is...