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

eLife (Nov 2014)

How postdocs benefit from building a union

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

Affiliations

Benjamin Cain: Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
Jessica M Budke: Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
Kelsey J Wood: Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
Neal T Sweeney: Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States
Benjamin Schwessinger: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05614
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3

Abstract

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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.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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