Postdocs matter and must be united

Joo-Young Lee Postdoc, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University When I completed my PhD and became a postdoc, I knew that I had to be prepared to work long hours, overcome intellectual challenges, and make individual sacrifices to...

I am a United Academic Worker

Brian Weitzner WRF Innovation Fellow, Institute for Protein Design Nine days before my scheduled dissertation defense, my then-spouse and I split up. I was suddenly in way over my head with two enormous life events unfolding simultaneously — one, the culmination of...

Unionizing for Collective Power

Mike Schwendemen Postdoc at the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Lab When postdoc colleagues approached me last fall about the prospect of starting a union for UW postdoctoral researchers and fellows, I did not hesitate. Until recently, I had actually been a...