Postdocs go union in California!

Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (sciencecareers.sciencemag.org)

On their second attempt, University of California postdocs have managed to gather the few thousand signatures that they need to become a labor union eligible for collective bargaining. This brings about 10% of U.S. postdocs into the UAW-affiliated union.

Graduate students have attempted to unionize at a few universities throughout the U.S., with mixed results. At NYU, for example, the students successfully affiliated themselves with United Auto Workers, gaining one contract. Once that contract ran out, however, the University refused to re-recognize the union

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