by RAPUP | Dec 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, for the first time, postdoctoral workers and research associates sat across the table as equals with the Penn administration in our first bargaining session. In a show of strength and unity, over 25 postdocs and research associates joined our nine-person...
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...
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...
