How postdocs benefit from building a union

Benjamin Cain; Jessica M Budke; Kelsey J Wood; Neal T Sweeney; Benjamin Schwessinger

doi:10.7554/eLife.05614

How postdocs benefit from building a union

Elife. 2014 Nov 21:3:e05614. doi: 10.7554/eLife.05614.

Authors

Benjamin Cain¹, Jessica M Budke², Kelsey J Wood³, Neal T Sweeney⁴, Benjamin Schwessinger⁵

Affiliations

¹ Benjamin Cain is in the Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.
² Jessica M Budke is in the Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.
³ Kelsey J Wood is in the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.
⁴ Neal T Sweeney is in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States.
⁵ Benjamin Schwessinger is in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States and Joint Bioenergy Institute, Emeryville, United States benjamin.schwessinger@gmail.com.

Abstract

Members of UAW 5810—the union for postdoctoral researchers at the University of California—describe how their union has led to improved terms and conditions for postdocs.

Keywords: academic careers; careers in science; grad school; postdocs; science policy and funding; unions.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Collective Bargaining
Humans
Labor Unions*
Research Personnel*
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
United States
Universities