Email Digest
11th, 12th, and 13th Bargaining Sessions: Another TA and agreement on a new Expense Reimbursement Policy
Click here to RSVP to observe our next bargaining session! We held our 11th, 12th, and 13th bargaining sessions with the University on August 1st, 6th, and 8th (respectively). These were busy and productive sessions, during which we exchanged proposals on almost every...
Join Weill Cornell postdocs in their fight for a strong contract (WEDNESDAY AT NOON)!
Postdocs at Weill Cornell are asking for our help! Weill Cornell’s postdoc union WCMPU-UAW has been bargaining with their university for over a year. After months of progress, Cornell is suddenly using the Trump administration’s efforts to cut research funding as an...
Major Proposals Exchanged in the 10th Bargaining Session
Click here to RSVP to observe our next bargaining session! On Monday, July 14th, we held our 10th bargaining session with the University, and the tone and pace were markedly different from previous sessions. Both Parties came prepared with multiple counterproposals,...
9th Bargaining Session Update
On June 25th the University and UPROR-UAW had our 9th bargaining session. Until now, the University has not responded to most proposals, and their few counterproposals threaten to lower the standards already in place, leading postdocs to deliver an open letter signed...
Bargaining Summary: An Agreement on an Increase to Unit Members’ Compensation Rates and Continuing Discussions on Several Proposals
This past week, we held our sixth, seventh, and eighth bargaining sessions with the University. We currently have 22 articles on the table that you can follow on the bargaining tracker here. While the University has yet to counter many of the articles we proposed,...
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...