Updates
1st Bargaining Session Scheduled!
We are excited to announce that the Weill Cornell Medicine administration has responded to our proposal to begin negotiations! We have scheduled our first bargaining session for March 29, 2024. We want to take a moment to congratulate everyone, not only for all the...
CORNELL POSTDOCS WIN THEIR UNION AS ACADEMIC LABOR MOVEMENT GROWS
A supermajority of the unit voted #UnionYes NEW YORK CITY – Postdoctoral Scholars at Cornell University’s Weill Cornell College of Medicine in New York City have voted by an overwhelming margin (328 to 4, or 98.8%) in favor of joining Weill Cornell Medicine Postdocs...
We Voted Union Yes!
The NLRB just finished counting ballots and we voted by an overwhelming 98.8% (323-yes to 4-no), in favor of WCM Postdocs United-UAW (WCMPU-UAW) as our union! We will have more information soon regarding next steps in our campaign. For now, we want to thank everyone...
Last Day To Vote!
We had a great first day of our union election! If you didn’t have a chance to vote yesterday, we encourage everyone come out to the polls today, from 11-2pm and 3-6pm! Today is the last day of our historic NLRB election! Voting ends today at 6pm on the 2nd floor of...
First Day Of Voting! Let’s Improve The WCM Postdoc Experience
This morning, we started the first day of our historic union election. Read below for more information on voting times and locations (polls re-open today at 1pm!) Since many of us began talking about forming a union more than a year ago, we’ve had conversations with...
Reminder! RSVP For Today’s Town Hall At 12pm
Reminder: Click here to RSVP for our Town Hall at 12pm Today (11/3) This is a reminder that we are hosting an informational union town hall session today at 12:00 PM, in the Weiss Building Room 305, Rockefeller University. We encourage all postdocs to attend a town...
Election Date + Town Hall
We are thrilled to share some exciting news regarding our efforts to form our union, Weill Cornell Medicine Postdocs United-UAW. After notifying WCM last month that over 80% of postdocs had signed up in support of forming our union, we have successfully reached an...
Filing Notification
Today we delivered authorization cards signed by over 80% of postdocs to the NLRB! Exciting news! Yesterday, we filed our petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) asking for an official election to form WCM Postdocs United-UAW as our union. Today, we...
Admin Meeting Update
WCM postdocs preparing to meet with Dean Harrington last Friday Last Friday we met with the Weill Cornell Medicine administration to ask that they maintain neutrality regarding our unionization campaign. We also asked that they reach an agreement with us on a fair...
Sept 29 Town Hall
WCM postdocs marched with fellow researchers from across the city in this year’s Labor Day Parade, including unionized postdocs from Columbia and Mount Sinai! We have some big news! The Weill Cornell administration has agreed to meet with us this Friday about our...