After a 12-day strike we have reached a tentative agreement with
@IcahnMountSinai
! This is a massive achievement and would not have been possible without years of efforts by hundreds of postdocs and our incredible allies who stood with us ✊🏽
#1u
The ballots have been counted and we WON OUR UNION with 89.5% of
#postdocs
voting yes! The strength of this vote gives us a clear mandate for bargaining.
@IcahnMountSinai
, we look forward to meeting you at the bargaining table. Stmt:
And just like that!
@spocuaw
is officially certified as the Union representing
#Postdocs
@IcahnMountSinai
. We, the postdocs, have spoken! With 89.5% of the vote, we join
@CPWUAW
as the second
@uaw
postdoc union in NYC 🖖
On August 10, we will begin voting to authorize a strike. This comes after hundreds of of postdocs
@IcahnMountSinai
and
@Columbia
joined mass meetings in support of this move. More than a year since we voted for our union, we say
#EnoughIsEnough
#FairContractNow
Thank you for joining us
@nycDSA
! Come to the picket line and join our fight. We're fighting for equity, housing and childcare. (We also have great snacks and an endless supply of coffee). ✊🏽
#OnStrike
for a
#FairContract
We won our union! We are the largest union of federal employees to form in more than a decade, and the first union of Fellows ever at a federal research facility. We’ve made history together. 💪
After more than four months of bargaining,
@IcahnMountSinai
STILL won’t agree to basic rights and protections - so we spoke up to tell them
#StopTheStall
Hundreds of postdocs walked out of
@IcahnMountSinai
this morning demanding a contract that ensures equity. We remain united: housing and childcare are *essential* to postdocs. Can you hear us? Because
#NYC
did!
#OnStrike
#SeeYouAtThePicketLine
With only
#1DayToGo
, our strike preparations are gearing up.
@IcahnMountSinai
continues to make proposals that would leave parents unfairly burdened and allow women to be pushed out of science. We're here, we're not going anywhere and we're fighting for what's fair.
#StrikeReady
After more than a year of negotiations, our elected bargaining committee has called for an Unfair Labor Practices strike starting on December 6th to protest
@IcahnMountSinai
's unlawful behavior.
DAY 7. We won't quit. We're standing for parents, for their kids, for a more equitable
@IcahnMountSinai
. Come join us at East 99th and Madison!
#SinaiOnStrike
As postdocs, we voted by ~90% to form our union
@IcahnMountSinai
because like graduate student employees across NYC and the country we ARE workers. We are the backbone of higher education and we deserve an equal voice in our working conditions. 💪🖖
#weareworkers
#unionyes
Graduate students are primarily students and trainees, not ordinary workers. Academia is a calling. I suspect unionization will tip the balance so faculty prefer, at the margin, to hire post-docs to do research in their labs rather than students.
We've waited long enough! Each month, we face an effective pay cut due to inflation. We're voting this week to authorize our bargaining committee to call for a
#strike
if necessary to reach a
#FairContractNow
#EnoughIsEnough
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UAW academic workers continue their fight for a fair contract that will raise standards in higher ed for all of us. Their fight is our fight. If you can, donate to their hardship fund here:
After our historic strike vote,
@IcahnMountSinai
committed to respond to our economic proposals on Friday (9/29). Join us this Thursday (9/28) at 12pm for an Informational Picket to show Sinai that they must provide a real response to our demands!
#StrikeReady
#FairContractNow
In 2023 we:
✅ organized the first ever postdoc strike in a private research institution in the US
✅ won a historic contract setting new standards in benefits and protections within our field
In 2024:
We will keep building our union to make the movement bigger and stronger ✊
In 2022 we:
✅ signed supermajority authorization cards
✅ won our union election by 89.5%
✅ ratified our bargaining goals + elected a bargaining committee
✅ started negotiations with Sinai
In 2023 we:
WIN AN INCREDIBLY STRONG CONTRACT ✊🖖
📢Campaign Update: Today, we filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against Sinai for making a targeted threat against international postdocs. Last week, Sinai sent an email claiming that “Holders of certain visa classifications may be affected in the event of a strike.” 1/2
NYC is one of the most expensive cities world-wide, but
@IcahnMountSinai
continues to resist providing affordable postdoc housing throughout our appointments. Our Housing Working Group met to discuss how our demands would make Sinai more equitable and inclusive.
#FairContractNow
Our strike
@IcahnMountSinai
begins in 3 days! The picket line starts at 9 am, followed by our Kick-Off Rally at E 99th and Madison Ave at 10 am, featuring NYC elected and community allies. Please join us if you can! ✊
Today we delivered a letter signed by +150 plus international postdocs and allies from 37 countries, demanding that
@IcahnMountSinai
retracts their illegal threat towards those of us on visas.
Gender inequity is one of the most serious challenges facing academia. If
@IcahnMountSinai
is serious about addressing this issue, they should agree to our proposal for a childcare fund to help cover the significant expenses parent postdocs face.
#FairContractNow
#OnStrike
📢 Join the picket line 🔥. We are fighting for housing, we are fighting for childcare, we are fighting for equity and we are fighting for respect. We are fighting everyone's fight, and we need everyone out. NOW!!!
LEAVE THE BENCH, FIGHT FOR WHAT'S FAIR!
#FairContractNow
"Management decided that you had to go on strike..
@icahnmountsinai
can decide at any time that all of you can go back to work."
💯
@zohrankmamdani
!
We all want to go back to work- just need Sinai to take ONE tiny step towards equity. Until then, we'll
#KeepOnFighting
✊🏽
Tomorrow we have our 1st bargaining session with
@IcahnMountSinai
! To show them we’re
#ReadyToBargain
, colleagues delivered an open letter signed by a majority of
#postdocs
urging Sinai to negotiate intensively to reach a fair and timely agreement.
Letter:
Today, we proudly joined a powerful practice picket organized by
@CPWUAW
as they prepare to strike if necessary to win a fair contract! 💪✊
#Solidarity
#FairContractNow
🚨 Today *hundreds* of postdocs walked out out their labs and offices to tell President Shafik and
@columbia
Board of Trustees, loud and clear, that we deserve a fair contract and we will not stop until we get it. We are
#STRIKEREADY
⚡️⚡️⚡️
Our courageous postdoc research scientists deserve a strong first contract that expands housing access and meets their childcare needs. There is no research without the researchers.
Proud to stand with
@spocuaw
💪🏽
Big News: Our election starts next Tuesday! Keep a close eye on this account for details. And thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen!
#UnionYes
#WeDeserveAUnion
"We love our work & did not want to strike, but we have to stand up for ourselves. Sinai’s policies make it nearly impossible to afford childcare & live in NYC. They hold out a Need Not Apply sign to single mothers, parents & people from disadvantaged backgrounds."-
@andrea_j0seph
THANK YOU to every person and every group who has brought us food on the picket line. This is a community effort. Our hearts and stomachs are full 🥹
#SinaiOnStrike
#FairContractNow
We are fighting for job security, enforceable protections against discrimination and harassment, and a better
#postdoc
experience overall. Better working conditions mean stronger science.
#FairContractNow
#StopTheStall
Can you feel the power growing? Postdocs came in big numbers to the town hall
@IcahnMountSinai
today. We are ready to use our collective power to fight and win a contract that will transform our working conditions.
#UnionStrong
Since we filed for our
#union
election, Mount Sinai has ignored repeated requests from
#postdocs
to stay neutral, instead raising baseless concerns about how
#unionizing
could “jeopardize” our relationship.
@IcahnMountSinai
, respect our right to choose freely.
#WeDeserveAUnion
As we prepare to strike
@IcahnMountSinai
with
#2DaysToGo
, you can get involved to make our strike as strong as possible! Having a large & highly visible picket line makes our strike stronger. Join the majority of postdocs and sign up for shifts: 1/5
Great article by two
@UAW5810
members. We are fighting for a fair contract because working in unstable and underpaid positions makes it harder to do critical biomedical research.
Postdoctoral research work is poorly paid and highly unstable. It’s also socially necessary, crucial to solving big problems like climate change and pandemics. For workers and the public, postdocs must unionize.
Institutions across NYC are raising postdoc salaries and
@IcahnMountSinai
is lagging far behind. While insufficient, these raises are a response to researchers organizing across the city. We are voting YES to authorize a strike because we deserve better.
#EnoughIsEnough
Yesterday NYU announced an increase in the minimum salary for Langone postdocs up to $70,000 (beginning Dec 1, 2023) and graduate assistants up to $51,000 (beginning Sept 1, 2023)!
“Mount Sinai postdocs’ victory is part of a growing movement of successful union organizing efforts that have kicked off around the country”
Postdocs/Researchers everywhere-
#JoinTheMovement
! Get in touch if you want help getting started 😉
Members of both
@CPWUAW
and
@spocuaw
voted overwhelmingly to amalgamate as part of one Local Union in NYC! We’re excited to continue building researcher power at both of our institutions and across the city more broadly ✊
#UnionStrong
#1u
🚨We are excited to announce the results of the amalgamation vote from 1/18/2024. Membership has approved the process to begin the formation of an amalgamated local with our postdoc colleagues at Mr. Sinai (SPOC)! Stay tuned for more updates soon, NYC is a union city!🎉🎉
🚨‼️📢NYC allies📢‼️ 🚨: We won our union 8 months ago, but
@IcahnMountSinai
has continued to drag their feet on reaching a fair contract! Join us for a rally on Thurs. 2/23 at 12:30pm on 98th & Madison Avenue to tell Sinai: Stop Stalling on Basic Rights!
Today academic workers at the University of California are making US labor history. We are inspired by the union power you have built
@uaw5810
@sruuaw
@uaw2865
Solidarity from NYC ✊
“We’re the backbone of the university,” he said, “and I have a hard time seeing how operations are going to be maintained with us on the picket line.” via
@NYTimes
We are so grateful to
@ZohranKMamdani
,
@votejgr
and our academic allies from
@pupsuaw
for showing up at our picket line in solidarity with our fight. We're all fighting the same fight. And we'll win big wins together.
#SinaiOnStrike
#1u
Postdocs in NYC have had enough! Join us and
@CPWUAW
for mass meetings on 7/26 to determine next steps to reach fair contracts and a more just and equitable working environment for postdocs at our respective institutions, without further delays.
#FairSinaiNow
#FairContract
We're glad the
@NIH
is providing a higher annual increase to postdoc stipends this year. When researchers organize across the country we raise national standards. However, this increase is still insufficient for basic expenses in NYC - it’s
#AGoodStartButNotEnough
#UnionStrong
We're starting the second week of our strike and we are NOT backing down. Please consider giving what you can to support our strike fund - we will win this together!
#SinaiOnStrike
We stand in solidarity with residents at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens
@cirseiu
fighting for better wages and working conditions.
@mountSinaiNYC
- It’s time to do the right thing and pay your doctors fairly!
#1u
#NYCDocsStrike
✊
1/6 Yesterday, we filed a second Unfair Labor Practice charge against the
@IcahnMountSinai
administration due to their decision to unilaterally change their practices for granting extensions to postdoc housing.
Today is
@spocuaw
’s 7th day on the picket line, as the first postdoc researchers in the private sector to walk out on strike.
As
@ShawnFainUAW
said, “You produce scientific breakthroughs, so you deserve record gains. Groundbreaking research should mean groundbreaking contracts.”
"I write to urge the leadership of
@IcahnMountSinai
to refrain from any effort to influence Mount Sinai postdoctoral research employees’ decision to form their union."
Thank you for standing up for
#postdocs
, Deputy Speaker
@DianaAyalaNYC
!
Whose Union? Our Union! Just 3 weeks since we ratified our historic first contract by an overwhelming 99%, we’re excited to start signing up as union members! We’re ready to build strong majority membership so we can amplify our voice and secure even greater gains together ✊