Penn's postdoctoral workers and research associates want to unionize — like the grad student workers did. But the university is putting obstacles in their way, say Marshall Padilla and Emily Perkins.

Of the 1,500 postdoctoral researchers at Penn, 1,000 signed authorization cards in support of forming Research Associates and Postdocs United (RAPUP-UAW), according to the group.

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After months of negotiations union helps academics secure expanded protections and new rights

Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.