by RAPUP | Aug 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Nominations are hereby declared open for the Research Associates and Postdocs United at Penn-UAW (RAPUP-UAW) Bargaining Committee. The Bargaining Committee will be composed of nine (9) positions. All eligible Union supporters (all Postdoctoral Researchers,...
by RAPUP | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officially certified the results of last week’s election. Across two days of voting, a majority of Postdocs and Research Associates participated in our historic election to form a union, with 95% of the votes...
by RAPUP | Jul 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
The NLRB just finished counting ballots and we voted by a resounding 95% (703-yes to 38-no), in favor of Research Associates and Postdocs United at Penn – UAW (RAPUP-UAW) as our union! Now that Postdocs and Research Associates have overwhelmingly voted to...
by RAPUP | Jun 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Penn administrators have resorted to sending mass text messages and emails to postdoctoral workers, directing them to a website presented as a neutral source of information but filled with misleading anti-union messaging. Thankfully, Postdocs and Research Associates...
by RAPUP | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Instead of agreeing to a timely and democratic election like neighboring institution Johns Hopkins University, Penn is delaying the process for months by claiming its academic researchers are merely “temporary employees.” While we wait for the National Labor Relations...
by RAPUP | May 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Despite a supermajority of Postdocs and Research Associates signing cards in support of unionization, Penn continues to assert that academic researchers are “temporary employees” that are ineligible to form a union. This is a break with years of well-established...
