by RAPUP | Feb 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last week marked a historic moment for academic workers at Penn, when graduate student workers reached a tentative agreement with the university a mere hours before going on strike. The wins they were able to achieve in the agreement are life-changing. They include:...
by RAPUP | Feb 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Late Monday night, the Penn community received the exciting news that our graduate student worker colleagues in GETUP-UAW reached a tentative bargaining agreement with the Penn administration and will avoid a strike. Graduate student workers will now have the...
by RAPUP | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
This week, read about how postdocs and research associates are planning to win on high priority issues in the bargaining room, and an update on Penn graduate workers as they prepare for a potential strike. Postdocs and research associates have made good progress at...
by RAPUP | Feb 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
At our next bargaining session on February 26, postdocs and research associates will begin to introduce our economic proposals, which will include things like salary, insurance, paid leave, visa fees, visa travel reimbursement, childcare subsidies, transit...
by RAPUP | Jan 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
As you may have seen in last week’s Bargaining Update, postdocs and research associates completed a third bargaining session with the Penn administration, and the next sessions have been scheduled for February 26 and March 12. Anecdotally, Penn admin listens more and...
by RAPUP | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
After last month’s overwhelming vote for unionization, it is time for Postdocs and Research Associates to determine what they want to see in a contract! If you have not done so already, can you take five minutes to complete a RAPUP-UAW bargaining survey? The...
