Articles and reports regarding PRO/UAW and postdoc working conditions

• The Green 960 Labor Report (7/2/2010)—Radio interview and story regarding UC delaying our contract negotiations.


• House Committee Questions University of California's Accounting for Research Funds (Benderly, Science Careers, 28 June 2010)—Follow-up story on Congressional action in the wake of the April 30 hearing.


• UC researchers struggle to obtain better wages (Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2010) - Extensive news story outlining recent events in our contract campaign.


• Post-doctoral researchers in University of California labor dispute (Albano, Free Speech Radio News, 25 June 2010) - Story on the contract campaign and ULP filing.


• Postdoc Union Charges Unfair Labor Practices by University of California (Benderly, Science Careers, 21 June 2010) - Follow-up story on ULP filing.


• Researchers' Union Contests UC Labor Practices (Panzar, Daily Cal, 10 June 2010) – Story on our filing unfair labor practice (ULP) charges against UC for their unlawful bargaining tactics.


• Making a Federal Case of Young Scientists' Concerns (Benderly, Science Careers, 4 June 2010) – Follow-up story on the April 30, 2010, Congressional hearing in Berkeley


• Read the press release regarding Representative Miller's COMPETES Ammendment: House Approves Miller Amendment to Ensure Timely Disclosure of Employment-Related Information by Public Universities


• Miller "thoroughly disappointed" over UC labor talks (Krupnick, Contra Costa Times, 11 May 2010) – Story on follow-up from the April 30, 2010, Congressional hearing in Berkeley


• UC bargains with Postdoctoral Researcher’s Union (Kupfer, KCSB Radio, 3 May 2010, at the 2:17 mark or 1/5th the way through the broadcast) – Story on the Congressional hearing


• Hearing Highlights Impasse Between Postdoc Union and UC (Miller, Science Insider, 3 May 2010) – Story about the hearing highlighting Congressional frustration with UC’s explanation of failing to reach agreement on our first contract


• House Representatives Examine UC Contracts (Anderson, Daily Cal, 3 May 2010) – Story on the Congressional hearing


• Hearing on UC-Researchers Contract Dispute (Melrose, KCBS Radio, 30 April 2010) – Radio story on the Congressional hearing emphasizing Rep. Miller’s concern that UC’s behavior would discourage people from pursuing science as a career


• KPFA Evening News coverage of the April 30 Congressional hearing (Pacifica Evening News, 30 April 2010, at 27:30 in the news broadcast) – Story on the Congressional hearing highlighting committee members’ frustration with UC stalling


• Hearing scheduled on dispute between UC, researchers (Krupnick, Oakland Tribune, 29 April 2010) – Advance story about Congressional hearing regarding our first contract negotiations, which ran in newspapers across the region and nation, including USA Today


• Congressional Hearing Scheduled on U Cal Postdoc Union Negotiation (Benderly, Science Careers, 21 April 2010) – Story about announcement of Congressional committee hearing on our contract negotiations


• Where Two Issues Stand (Benderly, Science Careers, 5 February 2010) - Story about our fight for a first contract with UC


• UC Budget Numbers Don’t Add Up, Scholars Claim (Bachman, Santa Barbara Independent, 18 December 2009) - Story about our joint action with UPTE/CWA in December 2009


• UC Researchers Call for Pay Raises - AP Wire story, that ran in newspapers across the state, about our joint action with UPTE/CWA in December 2009


• Postdocs and Research Employees Picket U. of California Campuses - Chronicle of Higher Ed blog about our joint action with UPTE/CWA in December 2009


• UC Labor Union Significant for Postdoctoral Research (Hasemyer, San Diego Union Tribune, 6 July 2009)


• University of California Postdoc Union Wins Official Recognition (Benderly, Science Careers, 29 August 2008)


• The Fat Lady Sings (Benderly, Science Careers, 1 August 2008)


• Thanks for the Great Postdoc Bargain - Article by Harvard economist Richard Freeman pointing out the low pay of postdocs despite their crticial role in US research programs (2002)

  "Whatever they are, however, postdocs are one of the greatest bargains in the U.S. economy. Where else can one hire Ph.D.s, whose training and smarts put them among the best and brightest in the world, to work 60 hours a week for $30,000 to $40,000 a year, with limited benefits and little power to influence their working conditions and pay?"

• Read a National Academy report that talks about the poor working conditions experienced by postdocs in the U.S. (2000)