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Bargaining Update: Postdocs and Research Associates are ready for progress while Penn continues to stall
WITH A MONTH TO PREPARE, PENN DISRESPECTS ITS WORKERS BY BRINGING A SINGLE PROPOSAL TO BARGAINING Last Friday was the fifteenth time that Postdocs and Research Associates met with Penn admin to bargain a first contract. With nearly a month since the last bargaining...
The Weekly RAPUP: Next bargaining session this Friday at 1pm!
Attend our next bargaining session with Penn admin this Friday at 1pm! A strong majority of Postdocs and Researchers voted to form our union over a year ago, yet Penn is still trying to delay the improvements that we deserve. By packing the bargaining room with...
The Weekly RAPUP: Kick-off the semester with bargaining on Friday, September 11th (and a happy hour tomorrow!)
Postdocs and Research Associates will be meeting with Penn admin for two bargaining sessions during the month of September. Attending these sessions as an observer is an opportunity to show Penn that we remain committed to winning a strong contract in a timely manner....
Bargaining Update: Three new tentative agreements, but seventeen still to go
POSTDOCS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES DESERVE MORE REGULAR AND TIMELY BARGAINING SESSIONS TO CONTINUE PROGRESS ON A FIRST CONTRACT On Tuesday, Postdocs and Research Associates met with the Penn administration for our fourteenth bargaining session. The session was...
The Weekly RAPUP: Observe bargaining TOMORROW at 1pm
Tomorrow, August 11th at 1pm, Postdocs and Research Associates will meet with Penn admin for our fourteenth bargaining session. At our last bargaining session, Penn’s dismissive attitude towards demands for stronger support for international researchers became...
UAW Webinar on F1/J1 visa rules on THURSDAY, August 13 at 3pm
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that it was eliminating the Duration of Status policy for F-1 and J-1 visas as of September 15, 2026. This discriminatory policy change will cause disruptions to international students and scholars and will...
Phone bank to block the OMB rule from going into effect: August 5: 12pm EDT
UAW members across the country are organizing a phonebank to stop Trump’s takeover of federal grants. The Senate is voting this week on whether to pause new grant rules that would hand control of over $1 trillion in federal grants to political appointees of the Trump...
Bargaining Update: 8 months of bargaining and Penn still hasn’t responded to 12 proposals
It has been one year since a majority of Postdocs and Research Associates voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing with the goal of securing a contract that will improve our working conditions. Now, after eight months of bargaining, Penn administrators are delaying...
The Weekly RAPUP: This Wednesday, hear Penn respond to proposals on International Research Rights
This Wednesday, July 29th at 1pm, Postdocs and Research Associates will be meeting with Penn admin for another bargaining session where we will discuss our latest International Research Rights proposal. Postdocs have seen the gains made by our unionized colleagues at...
The Weekly RAPUP: THIS WEDNESDAY – attend summer school session 1 and learn how to win a transformative contract!
It has now been one year since a majority of all Postdocs and Research Associates voted to form our union, RAPUP-UAW. Since then, we have spent eight months negotiating our first contract, and the work is not yet complete. To secure a contract in a timely manner,...