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Thanks for the Great Postdoc Bargain
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Harvard labor economist Richard Freeman on the contributions of postdocs.
Claremont Graduate University GSC
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ScienceCareers.org | Lobbying Congress: A New Role for Postdocs?
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sciencecareers.org, 7 September 2001 - Robert Bartolo [bobdc2 at verizon.net ] In this opinion piece, Robert Bartolo * argues that improving the employment conditions of postdoctoral researchers requires more than institution-level action. Bartolo also argues that postdocs, and those working with them, have an important role in establishing national priorities for research and development. Possible action items for grassroots postdoc organizing at the national level might include: * Persuading Congress, NIH, NSF, and other funders to classify postdocs as employees instead of "nonemployees" or "trainees," in order to facilitate extension of full employee benefits. * Persuading Congress, NSF, NIH, and other funders to increase the minimum salaries for postdocs and work toward increasing the use of research scientist positions with complete compensation packages.....
Florida State U Congress of Graduate Students
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A Union Contract Aimed at Preserving the Postdoc Experience
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Science's Next Wave, April, 2004. Postdocs at the University of Connecticut get a union-negotiated contract. It sounds a lot like the kinds of things postdoc associations have been pushing for for years with mixed success: minimum stipends, good benefits, excellent vacation, formal reviews, a well defined grievance procedure.
Michigan Technological University GSC
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Georgia Tech GSG
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Pennsylvania State University GSA
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University of New Mexico GPSA
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The State of the Union
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Beryl Benderly, ScienceCareers. "Two years ago this month, the nations first postdoc union, University Health Professionals (UHP) at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) in Farmington, overwhelmingly ratified its first contract. The pact provided higher pay, improved benefits, and a robust grievance procedure. Supporters of postdoc unions hoped it would launch a national movement. Detractors, meanwhile, feared it would damage postdocs relations with their advisers and their career prospects."
Group seeks less tax on grad student stipends
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November 19, 2002. " A national organization of graduate students is hoping to get a bill passed early next year that would greatly reduce the taxability of graduate stipends, easing financial pressure on a group that often struggles to satisfy educational and living expenses with meager stipends. "
The National Postdoctoral Association
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The NPA is an organization of postdoctoral scientists established to provide a voice for postdocs and to tackle the complicated problems facing postdocs.
University of Southern California GPSS
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine Postdoctoral Association (EPA)
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Colorado State University GSC
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AAUP's Statement on Graduate Students
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A statement on graduate student rights from the American Association of University Professors.
The Activated State: An Argument for Involved Scientists
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by Peter Fiske, Next Wave , May 21, 1999. Why young scientists should get involved in shaping graduate education.
Emory University GSC
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Purdue Graduate Student Government
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The Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) is the graduate student organization at Purdue. It is in the process of becoming the official graduate student governing body at Purdue. For further information, please contact Patricia Abad abad@vet.purdue.edu Thank you for your consideration.
U. Alabama Huntsville Minority GSA
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University of Florida Student Government
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Student Government at the University of Florida is committed to tirelessly advocating on behalf of the student body, enhancing the entire student experience and promoting the image of the university and its students by upholding ourselves to the highest standards, leading with integrity and selflessly serving the university and beyond.
University of Washington GPSS
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Hell no! We won't grade!
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by Sean McMeekin, Salon Magazine , November 30, 1998. " Will the upcoming strike by University of California graduate teaching assistants raise them from their serflike status -- or spell their eventual doom? "
Getting organized - Naturejobs
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Postdoctoral associations on both sides of the Atlantic are mobilizing together to tackle problems...
Eggheads Unite
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By Daniel Duane, New York Times Magazine , May 4, 2003. " Is a teaching assistant an apprentice scholar or an exploited worker? That question is at the center of a heated battle between graduate students and administrators over unionizing. "
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