Let us know if you can make it to our first Union Town Hall, Wed Mar 29 at 6PM, Annenberg 5-205!
We are excited to announce that a majority of graduate student workers have signed authorization cards in support of forming our union, Sinai Student Workers-UAW!
Reaching majority support is an important milestone. Once a strong majority of graduate student workers have signed authorization cards, Mount Sinai may choose to voluntarily recognize our union or we can file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In an election, a majority of those voting must vote in favor of forming a union in order for us to start bargaining collectively with Mount Sinai. We will not pay union dues until we vote to approve a first contract.
To meet up and discuss our progress, we will hold a Union Town Hall Wednesday, March 29 at 6pm in Annenberg 5-205. We’ll meet other graduate student workers, hear from unionized researchers at other institutions, and discuss next steps.
RSVP here to let us know if you can make it!
We are excited to be joining tens of thousands of researchers and other higher education employees who have negotiated improvements to their workplaces as part of the United Auto Workers (UAW), including graduate student researchers at Columbia University, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and University of Washington.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or thoughts,
Aster Perkins
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Neuroscience
Member of SSW-UAW Organizing Committee
P.S. – To learn more about our campaign, check out our website at sinaistudentworkers.org!