We are excited to announce that a majority of senior researchers have now signed authorization cards in support of our union, Researchers Organizing Committee at Sinai-UAW!
Reaching majority support is an important milestone in our path toward securing representation. Once a strong majority of researchers have signed authorization cards, Mount Sinai may choose to voluntarily recognize our union or we can file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In an election, a majority of those voting must vote in favor of forming a union in order for us to start bargaining collectively with Mount Sinai.
We are excited to be joining tens of thousands of researchers and other higher education employees who have negotiated improvements to their workplaces as part of the United Auto Workers (UAW), including postdoctoral researchers and graduate student workers here at Mount Sinai, as well as researchers at Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Rockefeller University, New York University, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and University of Washington.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or thoughts.
Best regards,
Samir Rahman (Associate Scientist), Psychiatry
Member of ROCS-UAW Organizing Committee