Updates

Click here to support Postdocs at Albert Einstein at their Rally on December 3! Our postdoc colleagues at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have been fighting for over a year for a fair contract, but the administration is still refusing to commit to basic rights...

On Friday, November 14th, we held our 18th bargaining session with the University.  We have seen real movement at the bargaining table in the past few sessions as both sides work to resolve key differences and identify areas of alignment. Last week, this resulted in a...

The nomination period for two (2) vacant positions on the United Postdoctoral Researchers of Rockefeller-UAW (UPROR-UAW) Bargaining Committee closed as of Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 5:00pm. Two (2) postdocs accepted nomination to serve on the UPROR-UAW Bargaining...

Click here to sign the new WCMPU-UAW Membership Card! We won our historic first contract two weeks ago, including immediate 22% increases to first year minimum salaries—among the highest base pay for postdocs across the country—twelve weeks of fully paid parental...

The vote on whether to ratify our tentative agreement with WCM has concluded as of 12:00pm today and 99.2% of those participating voted yes to ratify our contract. The results are as follows: YES:   376 votes NO:    3 votes Thank you to everyone who participated in...

Our Ratification Vote Town Hall will start at 2pm in Weill Auditorium, C-200 (1300 York Avenue). If you are unable to join in person, here is a zoom link you can use to join the Town Hall: https://weillcornell.zoom.us/j/94492086360 Best, The WCMPU-UAW Organizing...

Please join us for a Town Hall on Tuesday at 2pm to discuss the Tentative Agreement. Our contract ratification vote began at 9am today - if you haven’t done so already, please take a minute now to vote! The more of us who participate in voting, the more power we will...

Please join us for a Town Hall on Tuesday at 12pm to discuss the Tentative Agreement. On Wednesday, we reached a Tentative Agreement for our first contract with the WCM administration. We are very proud to have won many substantive and important improvements in every...

Today we reached a tentative agreement for our first contract with the WCM administration. We are very proud to have won many substantive and important improvements in every major area we set as a priority. These gains are the direct result of tireless organizing,...

This is a final reminder about today’s bargaining session with WCM at 12pm! If you would like to attend, please join us outside 1300 York Ave at 11:30am to go over guidelines for in-person bargaining before traveling to the room together. If you have any questions,...