[take action] National Day of Action to Kill the Cuts, 4/8 at 5pm
TL;DR: Join us at Kill the Cuts, a National Day of Action on April 8th to fight for the restoration of critical federal funding for research, healthcare, and education—all of which have been decimated by the Trump administration. Click here to RSVP for the action in...
[SSW-UAW ACTION] FEBRUARY 19 – FIGHT BACK FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & JOBS
Click here to join NYC academic workers at the National Day of Action! Public research and higher education are under attack. Since inauguration day, the new administration has frozen federal funding, eliminated funding for climate research and systemically...
Happy Hour This Thursday! + Fighting Funding Freezes
This is a reminder to join us for our SSW-UAW Happy Hour this Thursday, February 13th, at 5:30 PM at Lexington Publick! As we continue organizing for fair wages, benefits, and workplace rights, this will be a great opportunity to discuss the latest updates, strategize...
Our fight is far from over
We have withdrawn our petition to seek legal recognition of our union from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to prevent the Trump administration from revoking collective bargaining rights for graduate student workers. As a result of Trump’s illegal firing of...
TAKE ACTION! Join researchers in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH! RSVP to a phonebank with other researchers from across the U.S. on Thursday, 1/30 at 3PM, to tell representatives to lift NIH restrictions immediately! Last week, President Trump’s Executive...
[Town Hall RSVP] Fighting Back Against Trump’s Threats to Graduate Student Workers
RSVP for our Town Hall on fighting Trump’s attacks on grad workers! TL;DR: Donald Trump's return to presidency signals potential challenges for the academic and research community, including legal attacks on the rights of academic workers, possible NIH budget cuts,...
Bargaining Goal Ratification Vote Results
Student workers voted by 97.8% (219 voting yes to 5 voting no) to ratify our initial bargaining goals. This result builds on our 90% vote to form our union, and demonstrates a clear mandate for negotiating for needed improvements to our working conditions at Sinai,...
BREAKING: Sinai Refuses to Bargain
Show Sinai we will not be stopped! Vote on the Initial Bargaining Goals now We have an important update regarding our demands to bring Sinai to the bargaining table. After almost 2 weeks of no response to our demand to bargain, late last night, the Sinai...
REMINDER: VOTE ON BARGAINING GOALS + Some Important Updates
Please take a moment to vote on the Initial Bargaining Goals! The vote to ratify these goals is currently open and will run through Friday, 12/20. Eligible voters are all graduate student workers currently employed by the institute who have filled out a bargaining...
BARGAINING GOALS LIVE: VOTE NOW ONLINE
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. Strong participation in the vote will send a clear message to Sinai that they should commit to bargain a fair...