Updates
WCM comes back empty-handed on visa leave, housing
We had a frustrating bargaining session with WCM on Monday that demonstrates the need for a strong strike authorization vote, starting April 14. WCM responded to our leaves of absence proposal from last session without making any substantive movement, continuing to...
Bargaining Session TODAY at 12pm!
Final reminder about today’s bargaining session! It will take place on Zoom starting at 12pm and go until approximately 3pm. To get the link for today’s session, you must first join the observer room at 11:45am to discuss ground rules. If you can’t attend the...
Strike Authorization Vote Starts 4/14
RSVP for our bargaining session next Monday (3/31) at 12pm! Earlier this month, over one hundred postdocs from across Weill Cornell came together at a rally and voiced strong support for a strike authorization vote, which would give the elected Bargaining Committee...
Know Your Rights Webinar and More Upcoming Events
RSVP to a planning call to defend public research, tomorrow at 12pm! Since coming into office, the Trump administration has continually attacked public research, including funding freezes, layoffs at federal agencies, cancellation of DEI-related grants, stalled grant...
WCM isn’t standing up for us
We entered our 26th bargaining session on Monday hoping that WCM would take significant steps towards reaching a fair agreement with needed protections and increased benefits for the postdoc community. We were pleased to see that after weeks of increased organizing by...
Bargaining Session TODAY at 12pm!
Final reminder about today’s bargaining session! It will take place on Zoom starting at 12pm and go until approximately 4pm. This is our first session since our Rally for Equity where hundreds of postdocs turned out to demand basic rights and protections from WCM....
We Rallied to Tell WCM: WE WON’T WAIT FOR EQUITY!
RSVP for our next bargaining session on March 17th, 12:00 - 4:00 PM! Last Thursday, hundreds of WCM postdocs and fellow unionized academic workers from across the city held a rally outside 1300 York Avenue calling on the WCM administration to reach a fair contract...
WCM is not “a best-in-class work environment”
Join postdocs from across WCM at our Rally for Equity, tomorrow at 12pm! On Monday, our Bargaining Committee met with the WCM administration for our 25th bargaining session. After a frustrating session on February 10th, we hoped to make further progress on Monday....
Bargaining Session TODAY at 12pm!
Final reminder about today’s bargaining session! It will take place on Zoom starting at 12pm and go until approximately 4pm. To get the link, you must first join the observer room at 11:45am to discuss ground rules. If you can’t attend the pre-meeting at 11:45am, but...
[WCMPU-UAW ACTION] FEBRUARY 19 – FIGHT BACK FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & JOBS
Click here to join NYC academic workers for the National Day of Action! Public research and higher education are under attack. Since inauguration day, the new administration has frozen federal funding, eliminated funding for climate research and systemically...