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Last month, graduate workers at Penn ratified a contract that guarantees a 21% increase to their minimum salary, among many other wins. Now, after years of rising inflation and stagnating salaries, Postdocs and Research Associates will make our contract demands for...

Last week, Postdocs and Research Associates met with Penn admin for our fourth bargaining session. We introduced a number of proposals, including Union Access and Rights, Leaves, Childcare, Retirement Benefits, and Recreation and Wellness. While we were...

INSTEAD OF CHILDCARE BENEFITS, PENN ADMIN SUGGESTS “PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY” Yesterday, Postdocs and Research Associates met with the Penn administration for a fourth bargaining session. During the session: We reached a Tentative Agreement on Health & Safety. This...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

TWO NEW TAs; ALL NON-ECONOMIC PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED Last Thursday, postdoctoral workers and research associates met with the Penn administration for a second bargaining session. Read below for updates. During the session: The two sides reached Tentative...

POSTDOCS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON FIVE CONTRACT PROPOSALS DURING BARGAINING SESSION #2 Yesterday, postdoctoral workers and research associates met with the Penn administration for a second bargaining session.  During the session: ...