Posts tagged Postdoctoral researchers

    Hopkins postdoctoral researchers file to unionize with United Auto Workers

    May 14, 2025 // While Hopkins-PRO provided opportunities for its members, it could not collectively bargain with the administration for improved conditions. By joining with UAW, a national union representing over 100,000 academic workers, postdocs hope to gain greater administrative leverage. Tonelli Cueto elaborated on the significance of this step in an email to The News-Letter.

    ‘Time is running out.’ University unions rush to organize before the Trump White House

    December 17, 2024 // Between 2012 and 2023, the number of unionized graduate student and postdoctoral workers more than doubled, from roughly 64,000 to 150,000. Faculty unions also increased by 7%, from 374,000 to 402,000, in the same period, the report said. Today, more than a third of graduate-student and postdoctoral workers are unionized while a quarter of faculty are. “Among faculty, the drive for unionization has been strongest among non-tenure track faculty,”

    Postdocs Unionize at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    May 23, 2024 // The new union, Misra said, “will allow us to advocate strongly for long-overdue improvements to workplace rights, benefits and family-friendly policies, and create a supportive work environment where our contributions are truly valued.”