Updates
WCM’s Turn to Move—Majority of Postdocs Sign Up for Picket Shifts!
Towards the end of last week, we met with WCM for a short session to provide a comprehensive package counter proposal to try to make more progress before our upcoming strike deadline. We expect a response to this proposal at our 43rd session tomorrow at 12pm. Last...
WCM moves on fund, but not layoffs or backpay—continue signing up for picket shifts!
Less than a week after setting our strike deadline, we met with WCM to receive their response to our last counter proposal, in which we made massive movement towards their position. In response to our continued pressure, WCM accepted our proposal to create...
We matched WCM’s deadline with our own strike deadline for October 30!
Yesterday, postdoc leaders from across campus came to our mass meeting and voiced strong support for starting an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, October 30, 2025. After a strong supermajority strike authorization vote in April 2025, and demonstrating the...
We made massive movement towards WCM but gaps remain—join a postdoc mass meeting tomorrow at 12pm!
Join the postdoc mass meeting tomorrow (10/16) at 12pm outside 1300 York! Yesterday we held our 40th bargaining session with WCM, our first since they set a deadline of October 29th to agree to a contract or they will re-assert Force Majeure. More than 60 postdocs...
Final reminder: in-person bargaining + Q&A today!
This is a final reminder about today’s bargaining session with WCM at 1pm! If you would like to attend, please join us in Belfer Cafe at 12:40pm to go over guidelines for in-person bargaining before traveling to the room together. After the bargaining session there...
Take Action: Postdoc Union Mass Meeting Thursday (10/16), 12pm
Click here to join a postdoc Mass Meeting Thurs 10/16 at 12pm Click here to join the next bargaining session Tues 10/14 at 1pm Since March, the WCM administration stalled negotiations by insisting on an unprecedented Force Majeure clause, and rejecting basic...
WCM moves on Force Majeure but doesn’t change their inadequate Layoff provision
Sign up for the next bargaining sessions on Tues, Oct 14 and Wed, Oct 29! One day after delivering an open letter signed by 75% of postdocs demanding that WCM address financial uncertainties by agreeing to a fair layoff process instead of insisting on having the...
75% of postdocs tell WCM to drop Force Majeure and agree to fair contract now + Bargaining tomorrow
Click here to sign up for the bargaining session tomorrow 10/1! At our last bargaining session, the WCM administration said they would work on an updated counter proposal addressing remaining economic issues. Since then, we delivered an open letter to the Dean signed...
WCM claims not to know when Force Majeure would be used, but still insists, while going backwards on Compensation
On September 18th, we met with the WCM administration for our 38th bargaining session. At the session, WCM presented a proposal on Force Majeure that they said included no movement, and a counterproposal on Layoff with some changes to their proposed order of layoffs....
Tell WCM to stop delaying a fair contract
Click here to sign our open letter demanding NO FORCE MAJEURE! We are writing with a few updates on our campaign. First, we have confirmed two upcoming bargaining sessions on the following dates, one coming up this week: Thursday (tomorrow), September 18, 2025, from...