Updates
Take action with UAW to stop NIH budget cuts on 9/5 and 9/12!
Click here to RSVP for our 9/12 citywide Town Hall with elected officials and/or our 9/5 nationwide phone bank to stop NIH cuts! The Trump administration has proposed a nearly 40% reduction to the NIH budget for 2026. Cuts on this scale would be devastating for...
WCM reasserts Force Majeure with minimal changes
As we continue our campaign to win secure and competitive conditions for WCM postdocs, we met with WCM in person last week for our 37th bargaining session. Read on for a short update on that session, as well as on our continued efforts to stop cuts to federal research...
WCM signals resistance to dropping Force Majeure and providing adequate layoff notice
On Wednesday, August 13th, we convened our 36th bargaining session with the WCM administration, the first session after our Picket to Protect Science. We hoped that the administration would substantively respond to postdocs’ concerns about job security and financial...
Final reminder: in-person bargaining TODAY!
This is a final reminder about today’s bargaining session with WCM! If you would like to attend, please join us in Belfer Cafe at 10:45am to go over guidelines for in-person bargaining before traveling to the room together. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to...
Postdocs Picket to Protect Science: WCM, DROP FORCE MAJEURE
Click here to RSVP for our upcoming Bargaining Session on Wednesday, 8/13! We want to take a moment to commend our community for making Wednesday’s Picket to Protect Science a huge success. Hundreds of postdocs from across departments at Weill Cornell came together to...
Final reminder: Picket TODAY at 12pm!
This is a final reminder about today’s Picket to Protect Science! Pease join us outside 1300 York 12-1pm and bring all your labmates. Wear your red union shirt if you have one. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. In solidarity, Julian Jarroux,...
WCM maintains Force Majeure and only 30 days notice for layoffs—picket with us next Wednesday!
Yesterday we held our 34th bargaining session with the WCM administration. After WCM’s campus-wide email about the status of bargaining on Tuesday, we hoped to see the administration offer meaningful movement on job stability, including withdrawing their demand for a...
Final reminder: in-person bargaining TODAY!
This is a final reminder about today’s bargaining session with WCM! If you would like to attend, please join us outside 1300 York at 11:45am to go over guidelines for in-person bargaining before traveling to the room together. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate...
Bargaining Update + Picket to Protect Science, 8/6!
Sign up for our “Picket to Protect Science” on Wednesday, Aug. 6th, from 12 PM to 1 PM! Last Thursday, July 24th, we had our 33rd bargaining session with the WCM administration. This was a small group session with a subset of members from both sides, which was...
Progress on layoff notices, while WCM claims need for salary reductions
Sign up to attend the next bargaining session on Wednesday, July 30th! Last Wednesday, we met with WCM in person for our 32nd bargaining session. At the beginning of the session, we were encouraged to see WCM make further progress in several areas, including moving...