Articles and reports regarding PRO/UAW and postdoc working conditions

• Where Two Issues Stand (Benderly, Science Careers, 5 February 2009) - 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)