by umasschanresearchersunion | Apr 8, 2025 | Updates
Yesterday, we delivered our Open Letter to Chancellor Collins’ office, urging the University to halt all layoffs of Postdocs and demanding that they meet with us as soon as possible to discuss all possible alternatives. You can read the Open Letter here. Thank you to...
by umasschanresearchersunion | Mar 31, 2025 | Updates
Read & sign the open letter to urge UMass Chan to place a stay on postdoc layoffs! UMass Chan recently announced that they intend to lay off or furlough workers, including postdoctoral researchers, in response to the government’s efforts to cut federal research...
by umasschanresearchersunion | Mar 20, 2025 | Updates
RSVP for our Town Hall To Discuss Next Steps on Thursday 3/27! With more than 70% of postdocs and graduate workers having signed authorization cards, we are excited to announce that we filed our petition with the Massachusetts Department of Labor (DLR) to certify...
by umasschanresearchersunion | Mar 7, 2025 | Updates
Postdocs and grad workers gathered last Wednesday for our first union town hall! Join us at the Stand Up For Science rally in Boston this Friday at 12pm! As we continue talking with colleagues about strengthening our majority, we wanted to share four relevant updates...
by umasschanresearchersunion | Feb 23, 2025 | Updates
Click here to join us Wednesday, 2/26 for our first CORE-UAW Town Hall! We are excited to announce that a majority of postdocs and graduate workers at UMass Chan have signed authorization cards in support of forming our union, Coalition Of Research Employees-UAW!...