UPDATES

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 unionize, we...

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...

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...

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...

Earlier this week, Penn contested Research Associates and Postdocs’ petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking a vote on whether to form a union. Penn’s objections are a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise academic researchers and delay a...

Yesterday, Penn admin sent an email to all Postdocs and Research Associates that claimed to provide impartial information about the efforts of academic researchers to form a union. Penn’s claims are designed to create confusion about the unionization process by...