ABOUT UAW 4100
UAW Local 4100 represents thousands of postdoctoral researchers in New York City.
WHO WE ARE
UAW Local 4100 is a union of postdoctoral researchers dedicated to advancing the rights, working conditions, and professional futures of academic workers in New York City. Our Local currently represents postdoctoral researchers at Columbia University (CPW), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (SPOC), and Weill Cornell Medicine (WCMPU).
WHAT WE DO
As researchers, we drive innovation, mentor students, secure grants, and power the research enterprise. As union members, we organize collectively to ensure that our work is valued and that our workplaces are inclusive, transparent, and accountable. Through years of organizing and collective bargaining, we built a strong foundation for fair pay, comprehensive benefits, job security, and a more equitable academic workplace.
BY MEMBERS, FOR MEMBERS
UAW 4100 members run all aspects of our union, including organizing our colleagues, helping file grievances, serving as members of the bargaining team, and serving in elected leadership. We believe in a worker-led, democratic union run by members, for members.
MILESTONES
2018
August: After years of organizing, Postdocs at Columbia file for an election with the National Labor Relations Board. Columbia Argues that Postdoctoral Researchers are not employees at the NLRB. Postdoctoral Researchers testify to the NLRB.
October 2&3 2018: Postdocs at Columbia vote Union YES!!
2020
June: Postdocs at Mount Sinai vote voted Union Yes (89.5% yes).
June: Postdocs at Columbia reach a tentative agreement on a first contract -after over a year of bargaining and a strike authorization vote!
2022
2023
2024
Postdocs at Columbia and Mount Sinai vote to amalgamate their unions and be represented by UAW Local 4100.
November: Postdocs at Weill Cornell Medicine voted by an overwhelming 98.8% to form our union.
December: Postdocs at Mount Sinai go on strike after over one year at the bargaining table. After a successful strike, they reach a TA and ratify their contract by 99%.
2025
October: Postdocs at Weill Cornell voted by an overwhelming 99.2% to ratify our first contract! After years of organizing, 18 months of bargaining, and a strike authorization vote.