Email Digest
Fifth bargaining session: Another Tentative Agreement and progress on a grievance procedure
On May 15th, we had our fifth bargaining session with the University. We reached a Tentative Agreement on Union-Management Committee, and we also received two counterproposals and two new article proposals from the University. You can review the bargaining tracker for...
Lawsuit challenging NIH funding cancellations: please fill out this survey if you have been impacted by cuts
Our union, UAW, is one of the plaintiffs in a case filed in federal court by the ACLU that is challenging the Trump Administration’s cancellation of NIH grants and fellowships and the review of grant applications If you have been impacted by NIH grant...
Fourth bargaining session: Two TAs and 12 new proposals!
We proposed a lot of articles last week, so this is a bit of a long email! If you want a more informal discussion of the proceedings, please come by the next UPROR happy hour – date and time TBA or reach out at info@rockefellerpostdocunion.org On April 30th, we held...
Our third bargaining session
For a fun and less technical discussion of everything below, please join us at Faculty Club for another UPROR Happy Hour today (Thursday, April 24th)! We’ll be there from 6:15 PM onward. Last Wednesday, UPROR-UAW had our third bargaining session with the Rockefeller...
UAW Immigration Hotline + suggestions for upcoming town hall
The Trump administration continues to escalate its attacks on universities focusing on non-citizen students and academic workers. There are reports of visa revocations, detentions of legal permanent residents, and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) activity in...
Tomorrow! March to Kill the Cuts on 4/8
Join us at the “Kill the Cuts” rally tomorrow, 4/8, at 5pm in Bryant Park! The Trump administration is pushing massive cuts to the NIH and other federal research agencies, and academic institutions across the country are already responding with reduced admissions for...
Take action! March to Kill the Cuts on 4/8
Join us at the “Kill the Cuts” rally on 4/8, at 5pm in Bryant Park! The Trump administration is pushing massive cuts to the NIH and other federal research agencies, and academic institutions across the country are already responding with reduced admissions for PhD...
RU Administration and UPROR-UAW Reach First Tentative Agreement!
On Wednesday, UPROR-UAW had our second negotiation session with the Rockefeller administration. We entered this meeting with a set of initial proposals based on the SPOC-UAW contract from Mount Sinai postdocs. The purpose of this is to help quickly reach a contract...
Bargaining session next week + additional upcoming events
RSVP to a planning call to defend public research, tomorrow at 12pm! Since coming into office, the Trump administration has continually attacked public research, including funding freezes, layoffs at federal agencies, cancellation of DEI-related grants, stalled grant...
Town hall today, 12PM; Stand Up for Science, March 7th
Today (Thursday, March 6th) at 12pm we will hold a town hall in the Carson Family Auditorium to recap UPROR-UAW’s first bargaining session with the Rockefeller administration! Click here to RSVP for today’s town hall. Attend the Town Hall virtually here. Additionally,...