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Support state-based research funding in New York! Over the past year, unionized researchers across the country have been fighting back against the federal government’s attacks on science and higher education. While we’ve made progress, many of us continue to be deeply...

Our 4 year anniversary of organizing this union is next Tuesday, October 14th and we would like to invite each and every one of you to celebrate the milestone! This union is proudly worker-led and would have no reason to exist if not for you all. In this spirit, we...

Unionized researchers have been organizing tirelessly this year to protect science funding. We’ve seen major successes fighting back against the federal government’s attacks on science and higher education together with academic workers across the country. But our...

It is once again time to play ball! NYU Researchers United-UAW invites you to join us in celebrating the end of summer! Please join us for a game of pick-up 16-inch softball (aka Cabbageball) at East River Park on Sunday, August 31st! Meet fellow academic workers and...

Take a moment to share how you have been impacted by funding cuts, attacks on research.Since this spring, we have faced unprecedented attacks on our research projects, the security of our jobs, and the value of building an inclusive academic workplace- the current...

Our union, UAW, is one of the plaintiffs in a case filed in federal court by the ACLU that is challenging NIH grant cancellations. If you have been impacted by NIH grant cancellations, please fill out this form by Wednesday, June 11.  The case is seeking to reverse...

Since coming to office, the Trump Administration has attempted to attack science and public research funding in countless ways, including by cancelling NIH grants and fellowships and blocking review of grant applications. Our larger national union, UAW, is one of the...

Join academic workers nationwide TODAY, Tuesday May 13 at 3pm, to call lawmakers and urge them to sign a commitment to protect federal research funding. The Trump Administration has proposed devastating cuts to NIH funding, threatening life-saving research and the...

Tomorrow is May Day, and a lot of events are happening at NYU and beyond to celebrate labor solidarity.  3 PM, in front of the Paulson Building: In particular, Our fellow UAW affiliates SWAN and CFU are holding a rally ahead of bargaining for each group’s first...

Hope this Fall semester is treating you well. Please take a moment to fill out this short survey about researchers at NYU receiving delayed payments.Throughout our organizing conversations we have noticed that there is a pressing and systemic issue affecting...

In October 2021 we had our first meeting to try to form a large umbrella union of research staff, postdocs, and graduate researchers and three years later, we are still deep in the throes of organizing! In these past three years we have listened to the labor concerns...

As many of you saw on October 1st 2024, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (GSOM) announced an increase in the minimum salary for Grossman Postdoctoral Fellows up to $74,200 and Vilcek Graduate Assistants up to $54,060 (effective December 1 2024), as well as a rollback...

We will be holding a new organizer training session next Monday, October 7 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm at Langone (room TBD) for anyone interested in learning more about our campaign, and helping talk to co-workers across campus. We plan to have these sessions at the same...

Hope the Fall semester is off to a smooth start. As we near the one-year mark since we approached President Mills seeking a fair process to establish recognition of our union, we have continued to gain and build support from researchers across the university. Still,...

Welcome back to a new semester! We are excited to invite you to our all-campus social on Thursday, September 12 at Phebe's Bowery from 5:30-7:30pm! There will be $5 Beers 4-7pm, as well as other deals. To get everyone together, we have planned around folks being able...

Our next general meeting is this Thursday 8/15 on the Washington Square campus - Silver Building room 120 (24 Waverly Place).  This is a really important meeting - we need you there. We’ll be discussing and voting on a new campaign plan to escalate our organizing and...

As summer winds down and we head into the new academic year, we are still awaiting the National Labor Relations Board to issue a decision regarding our union election.   The NLRB is underfunded and overwhelmed, and we anticipate that it will be many more months until...

Our next general meeting is next Thursday, June 20th, at Grossman‘s Translational Research Building on the 7th floor in room 717. It will also be accessible via Zoom. Hope to see you all there! Our kickball game last month was a huge success! We had so much fun that...

Hope the warming weather and the end of the semester has been treating you well. Our next general meeting is this Thursday May 16th at Tandon at 370 Jay Street on the 11th floor in room 1114. It will also be accessible via Zoom. Hope to see you all there! To celebrate...