Email Digest
Bargaining update: Progress after our strong SAV
On Wednesday, September 16th, we held our 36th bargaining session with the University. This session came the day after over two-thirds of all Rockefeller postdocs voted to authorize a strike, with yes votes from 86% of those who voted, in a powerful demonstration of...
Results of our Strike Authorization Vote
Click here to attend bargaining today, September 16th, at 1 PM! Thank you to everyone who participated in our Strike Authorization Vote this past week, which ended at midnight yesterday. Rockefeller postdocs voted by 86% to authorize our elected Bargaining Committee...
One more day to vote in the Strike Authorization Vote!
Attend bargaining this Wednesday, September 16th at 1pm! Thank you to those that have already voted in our ongoing Strike Authorization Vote! The more of us who vote YES, the more we can show Rockefeller that they must come to the table with improvements to our...
IMPORTANT! Strike Authorization Vote is now open!
When two years ago postdocs at Rockefeller voted by 69% to form our union, we intended to reach a fair contract for all postdocs and research associates as quickly as possible based on standards set by by unionized researchers in NYC and across the country. However,...
Strike Authorization Vote Starts September 8
In July, Unit Members across a supermajority of Rockefeller labs signed an open letter to the University administration urging our bargaining committee to call a strike authorization vote if the University does not appreciably respond to the priorities of the members...
The University has not countered most economics articles in over six weeks
On Monday, August 10th, and Thursday, August 27th, we held our 34th and 35th bargaining sessions with the University. Since introducing our economics package in May, we have reached agreement on only one economic article, one which secures our status quo recreational...
Phone bank to block the OMB rule from going into effect: August 5: Noon ET
Sign up to attend the phone bank this Wednesday 8/5 at 12pm! The Senate is voting this week on whether to pause new grant rules that would hand control of over $1 trillion in federal grants to political appointees of the Trump administration. UAW members across the...
The University still has not meaningfully engaged with our remaining demands! But we won’t back down.
On Wednesday, July 22nd, and Monday, July 27th, we held our 32nd and 33rd bargaining sessions with the University. On July 22nd, we met over Zoom in a smaller group to discuss Intellectual Property (07/22/2026) and Research Integrity (07/22/2026). The University...
Town Hall this Friday at 1pm!
Register for the Town Hall Friday 7/24 at 1pm! Reminder to sign up for our upcoming town hall on Friday, July 24th at 1pm in Carson Family Auditorium where we will discuss the current state of negotiations and what we can do to win a fair contract. There will also be...
Rockefeller’s proposals fail to engage with our demands; Town Hall in response on Friday, July 24th, at 1 PM
Postdoc observers before the start of Tuesday’s bargaining session Register for a Town Hall on Friday, July 24 from 1-2pm in Carson! Yesterday, on Tuesday, July 14th, we held our 31st bargaining session with the University. After several hours discussing...