Please take a moment to vote on the Initial Bargaining Goals!
As your SSW-UAW bargaining committee, we urge everyone to ratify the initial bargaining goals so that we have as much power as possible to make sure Sinai ceases their efforts to overturn our overwhelming democratic vote, and agrees to negotiate a fair contract with us that makes meaningful improvements to our working conditions
The vote to ratify these goals will run from 12/13-12/20. Eligible voters are all graduate student workers currently employed by the institute who have filled out a bargaining survey or an authorization card. The vote is now open and only takes a minute of your time.
To develop these goals we used feedback from bargaining surveys filled out by a majority of student workers, discussions during town halls, and hundreds of conversations since we started forming our union. The goals are purposely ambitious and broad, based on a conceptual agenda that includes all the issues raised throughout our campaign. In the coming weeks, the bargaining committee will prepare more specific proposals that address each of these goals in detail. We are very excited to have these goals as a foundation to build on, and your continued feedback to guide us, as we develop concrete contract language on all of these topics in the lead-up to our negotiations with the Sinai administration.
Please click here to vote on the Initial Bargaining Goals
At our town hall on 12/12, the bargaining committee introduced themselves and presented these goals. We hope to improve the experience of student workers in ways that help us excel in our research, while also making Sinai more accessible, inclusive, and competitive by securing essential workplace protections and benefits, such as: pay that keep pace with the rising cost of living in NYC, enhanced access to more affordable housing, more rights and support for international student workers, more cost-effective health benefits with improved coverage, paid parental leave, subsidized child care, enforceable protections against harassment and bullying, and more.
We remain committed to being responsive to the priorities and needs of all Sinai student workers, so if you have any additional feedback or suggestions about how to achieve the listed goals please include it in the comment box that is on the ballot. You can also reach the bargaining committee directly at info@sinaistudentworkers.org.
Sanutha Shetty, Neuroscience
SSW-UAW Bargaining Committee