Updates
NOTICE OF NOMINATION AND ELECTION FOR THE UNION BARGAINING COMMITTEE
Nominations are hereby declared open for the Researchers Organizing Committee at Sinai-UAW (ROCS-UAW) Bargaining Committee. All eligible Union supporters are automatically nominated for the ROCS-UAW Bargaining Committee. Any eligible Union supporter who wishes to...
Next Steps Town Hall + UAW Immigration Hotline
RSVP for a Town Hall discussion on our next steps towards collective bargaining! Earlier this month we won our union elections by 91% for Scientists and 95% for Instructors. These results are a strong mandate for bargaining and give us more power to advocate for...
We Voted Union Yes!
The NLRB just finished counting ballots and both Instructors and Scientists voted overwhelmingly in favor of Researchers Organizing Committee at Sinai-UAW (ROCS-UAW) as our union! Here is the breakdown of results: Instructors voted by 95% (44-yes to 2-no) in favor....
Last day to vote!
Polls just opened for the last day of our historic NLRB election! Voting ends today at 7pm in the Patricia and Robert Levinson Student Center on the first floor of Annenberg. If you haven’t already voted, you can cast your ballot today between 10am-2pm and 3pm-7pm. By...
Our union election begins 4/9 + Rally on 4/8 to fight funding cuts
Take Action! Click here to join our Rally on 4/8 to fight back cuts to federal research funding Our historic union election run by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will begin next Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 10, in person at the Levinson Student...
ROCS-UAW Election Announcement + Town Hall, 4/1!
RSVP for our informational Town Hall next Tuesday (4/1) at 12pm! We are thrilled to share some exciting news regarding our efforts to form our union, Researchers Organizing Committee at Sinai-UAW. After notifying Sinai last month that 80% of senior researchers had...
We filed for our union with 80% support!
Senior researchers from across campus delivering our open letter to the Sinai administration. Sinai responded to the letter, and we met with them this week. We are excited to announce that with an overwhelming 80% of senior researchers having now signed authorization...
Read our Open Letter urging Sinai to remain neutral
On Monday, senior researchers from across campus delivered an open letter to the Sinai administration, informing them that 80% of us support forming our union On Monday, we delivered an Open Letter to Dean Charney signed by researchers from across Mount Sinai. Our...
Fighting to fund NY science + a concerning bargaining session
Last Tuesday, we had our 4th bargaining sessions for Instructors and Scientists with the Sinai administration. Our last session before that was on 12/1, more than a month prior. We were disappointed to see that Sinai's counter proposals on Job Posting, Workload,...
A Majority of Senior Researchers Support Our Union
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....