by rocsuaw | Oct 2, 2025 | Updates
Yesterday, our elected bargaining committee met with the Sinai administration for our first bargaining session for Senior Researchers. We began by introducing ourselves and sharing a bit about our research and backgrounds. We were also joined by representatives from...
by rocsuaw | Sep 30, 2025 | Updates
Senior researchers are the backbone of research at Sinai. We bring years of experience, drive projects forward, write and manage grants, publish impactful science, and mentor and train students, postdocs, and staff. Yet despite these contributions, we continue to face...
by rocsuaw | Sep 23, 2025 | Updates
NOTICE OF NOMINATION AND VACANCY ELECTION FOR THE UNION BARGAINING COMMITTEE (two [2] positions; one [1] alternate position) September 23, 2025 Nominations are hereby declared open for the Researchers Organizing Committee at Sinai-UAW (ROCS-UAW) Bargaining Committee...
by rocsuaw | Sep 22, 2025 | Updates
In addition to the proposed DHS rule change below, on Friday the federal administration imposed a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas and created a new gold card immigrant visa, reducing the number of existing EB1 and EB2 visas available, as part of their efforts to...
by rocsuaw | Sep 4, 2025 | Updates
Take action to protect federal research funding this week! Unionized researchers, including many of us at Sinai, have been organizing tirelessly this year to protect science funding. We’ve seen major successes fighting back against the federal government’s attacks on...
by rocsuaw | Aug 4, 2025 | Updates
Join Cornell Postdocs practice picket! Postdocs at Weill Cornell Medicine have been fighting for over a year for a fair contract, but Cornell is still refusing to agree to basic job protections. At a time when international scholars are under attack by this...
