We are joining together as a union so we can bargain collectively with Mount Sinai. We are also joining thousands of other UAW researchers across the US to build our political voice to increase science funding and protect the rights of international scholars.

Without collective bargaining, we have experienced stagnant wages in relation to cost of housing and living, as well as visa and job insecurity, and a lack of transparency in administrative policies. With collective bargaining, we can negotiate a binding agreement so that Mount Sinai cannot change the terms of our employment without our consent. When we are able to communicate and negotiate as equals with Mount Sinai, and as a result live more securely, we will be able to focus more on quality research.

As employees from across Mount Sinai, we have formed a union in order to improve our working conditions and to make the institution a better and more accessible place for research and scholarship. Like thousands of employees at Mount Sinai and thousands of postdoctoral researchers who already have unions at research institutions across the US, we deserve the voice and respect we gain through collective bargaining.