Union Fall Social Next Thursday

Our Union Fall Social is next Thursday (11/2) at Lexington Publick 6-8pm. We are excited for another opportunity to meet with fellow student workers and discuss our next steps for our union. Please RSVP here! Friendly reminder that happy hour ends at 7pm 😉  Last week,...

THURSDAY: Support SPOC-UAW at their informational picketing

Student workers from across Sinai delivered letters to MTA directors, asking them to advocate for our right to unionize. Tl;dr Support SPOC-UAW at their informational picketing Thu Sept 28 at 12PM We delivered letters to our MTA directors asking them to advocate for...

Join our Summer Social Happy Hour

In June, we filed to form our union with over 80% supermajority support from student workers at Sinai. Despite this, Sinai has disappointingly decided to take the position that we are not workers and has refused to recognize our union. As we move forward with the...

Recap of NLRB Hearing

TL;DR: In the National Labor Relations Board hearings, Sinai argued that graduate student workers are not employees and are therefore ineligible for collective bargaining. However, we strongly assert that we are both students and employees, as we receive direct...

Sinai’s first official response to our union

On Wednesday, the Sinai administration formally responded to our petition to unionize.  We petitioned for graduate student workers who are teaching or researching to be included in our union. Sinai did not accept this petition. As a result, the National Labor...