by wcmpostdocunion | Jul 15, 2024 | Updates
WCM has reached out to our elected Bargaining Committee asking for agreement to increase the current minimum postdoc salary from $58,500 to $61,008 and adjust the rest of the experiential scale accordingly, in recognition of the new recommended NIH minimums announced...
by wcmpostdocunion | Jun 17, 2024 | Updates
Join us at our bargaining Town Hall next Wednesday (6/26) at 3pm! During the most recent bargaining session, WCM expressed an interest in reaching a comprehensive agreement by the end of summer. However, it is concerning that WCM continues to delay responding to...
by wcmpostdocunion | Jun 12, 2024 | Updates
On Tuesday 6/11, we had our 6th bargaining session with WCM. During the session, we discussed several of the remaining non-economic articles, and we are pleased to report that we reached a tentative agreement on Union Access and Rights (see summary below), bringing us...
by wcmpostdocunion | Jun 6, 2024 | Updates
On Tuesday 6/4, we met with WCM for our latest bargaining session. We are pleased to report progress on several fronts. However, we were also concerned to see WCM attempt to weaken our proposed rights and protections to below what unionized postdocs at Mount Sinai and...
by wcmpostdocunion | May 23, 2024 | Updates
On Tuesday, 5/21, we met with the Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) administration for our fourth bargaining session. The session opened with discussion of the open letter on bargaining signed by a majority of postdocs, which members of our Organizing Committee delivered...
by wcmpostdocunion | May 17, 2024 | Updates
RSVP to the next Bargaining Session on May 21 at 9am! Over the last week, a majority of postdocs have signed an open letter calling on WCM to bargain intensively, respond to all of our proposals, and meet the standards for basic rights and protections set by other...