Updates
Final reminder: 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 5pm. 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 11:45, but...
WCM holds firm on ability to fire postdocs without cause
On Tuesday, July 30th, we had our 8th bargaining session with WCM. During the session we discussed the remaining non-economic articles and made progress on some of them, including reaching tentative agreements on two articles, "International Researcher Rights" and...
Final reminder: 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 11:45, but...
Let’s Hang Out! Postdoc Union Lunch & Happy Hour
Mark your calendars and let us know if you can join a relaxed lunch and a laid-back happy hour! WCM Postdocs United-UAW is excited to invite you to two social events this upcoming week for all of us in the WCM postdoc community. Bring-your-own-lunch Postdoc...
WCM wants to weaken protections against unfair termination; new agreements on grievance process and NIH minimums
On Tuesday, July 16th, we held our 7th bargaining session with WCM. During the session we made progress on a few non-economic articles, including reaching a tentative agreement on one more article, "Grievance and Arbitration," which outlines a timely process for...
Update on new NIH minimums; WCM tries to undermine job security
WCM has reached out to our elected Bargaining Committee asking for agreement to increase the current minimum postdoc salary from $58,500 to $61,008 and adjust the rest of the experiential scale accordingly, in recognition of the new recommended NIH minimums announced...
Union Town Hall, 6/26 at 3pm! + Focus Groups
Join us at our bargaining Town Hall next Wednesday (6/26) at 3pm! During the most recent bargaining session, WCM expressed an interest in reaching a comprehensive agreement by the end of summer. However, it is concerning that WCM continues to delay responding to...
More progress, and more roadblocks
On Tuesday 6/11, we had our 6th bargaining session with WCM. During the session, we discussed several of the remaining non-economic articles, and we are pleased to report that we reached a tentative agreement on Union Access and Rights (see summary below), bringing us...
More progress and more concerns
On Tuesday 6/4, we met with WCM for our latest bargaining session. We are pleased to report progress on several fronts. However, we were also concerned to see WCM attempt to weaken our proposed rights and protections to below what unionized postdocs at Mount Sinai and...
Six more tentative agreements
On Tuesday, 5/21, we met with the Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) administration for our fourth bargaining session. The session opened with discussion of the open letter on bargaining signed by a majority of postdocs, which members of our Organizing Committee delivered...