RAPUP-UAW
@rapup-uaw.bsky.social
Official bluesky account for the Research Associates and Postdocs United at Penn (RAPUP-UAW), the union of postdoctoral scholars and research associates at the University of Pennsylvania.
Postdocs from Blockley showing off their YES stickers!
July 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Postdocs from Blockley showing off their YES stickers!
We LOVE to see all the union YES votes coming in from all over campus!
July 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We LOVE to see all the union YES votes coming in from all over campus!
Penn Vet starting the day off strong by bringing out the YES votes on day two of our union election!
July 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Penn Vet starting the day off strong by bringing out the YES votes on day two of our union election!
Today is the LAST DAY to vote! Postdocs and Research Associates, make your way to Houston Hall today before 7pm to vote YES!
July 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Today is the LAST DAY to vote! Postdocs and Research Associates, make your way to Houston Hall today before 7pm to vote YES!
Voting together is better! Postdocs & Research Associates from all over campus are coming out to vote Yes for RAPUP. The Translational Research Laboratory is a nearly twenty minute walk to the polling location, but we're driven to make Penn a better and more secure place for all academic workers
July 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Voting together is better! Postdocs & Research Associates from all over campus are coming out to vote Yes for RAPUP. The Translational Research Laboratory is a nearly twenty minute walk to the polling location, but we're driven to make Penn a better and more secure place for all academic workers
One week out of major surgery, and still making it onto campus to cast a YES vote! Postdocs and Research Associates are dedicated to winning their union along with the improvements and security they deserve!
July 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
One week out of major surgery, and still making it onto campus to cast a YES vote! Postdocs and Research Associates are dedicated to winning their union along with the improvements and security they deserve!
Postdocs and Research Associates in Psychiatry are ready for their union! Let's go!!!! 💪💪💪
July 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Postdocs and Research Associates in Psychiatry are ready for their union! Let's go!!!! 💪💪💪
Biology Postdocs and Research Associates want a union!!! ✊✨💪
July 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Biology Postdocs and Research Associates want a union!!! ✊✨💪
Penn Vet out there starting the day strong by voting YES! Let's go, RAPUP!
July 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Penn Vet out there starting the day strong by voting YES! Let's go, RAPUP!
First day of voting is now LIVE! Let's get out there and vote YES!
July 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
First day of voting is now LIVE! Let's get out there and vote YES!
We work side by side with our graduate colleagues, and we know that through unionizing we can improve the conditions of ALL academic workers! Check out more dual testimonials with our union siblings in GETUP-UAW
July 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We work side by side with our graduate colleagues, and we know that through unionizing we can improve the conditions of ALL academic workers! Check out more dual testimonials with our union siblings in GETUP-UAW
Thanks to our postdoctoral colleagues in JHU PRO-UAW, URFU-UAW , SPOC-UAW, and UAW Local 4811 for the words of solidarity ahead of our vote later this week!
July 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thanks to our postdoctoral colleagues in JHU PRO-UAW, URFU-UAW , SPOC-UAW, and UAW Local 4811 for the words of solidarity ahead of our vote later this week!
This week, Postdocs and Research Associates have a historic opportunity to vote YES for our union! See you at the polls this Wednesday and Thursday!
July 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This week, Postdocs and Research Associates have a historic opportunity to vote YES for our union! See you at the polls this Wednesday and Thursday!
Thanks to our Penn union siblings in GETUP-UAW
for the support! Your union election win last year was an inspiration, and we look forward to joining you in the fight to make Penn a better place for all workers through our union! We're read to vote #UnionYES 7/16 + 7/17
for the support! Your union election win last year was an inspiration, and we look forward to joining you in the fight to make Penn a better place for all workers through our union! We're read to vote #UnionYES 7/16 + 7/17
July 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Thanks to our Penn union siblings in GETUP-UAW
for the support! Your union election win last year was an inspiration, and we look forward to joining you in the fight to make Penn a better place for all workers through our union! We're read to vote #UnionYES 7/16 + 7/17
for the support! Your union election win last year was an inspiration, and we look forward to joining you in the fight to make Penn a better place for all workers through our union! We're read to vote #UnionYES 7/16 + 7/17
🚨BIG NEWS🚨 We've got election dates! The regional NLRB ruled overwhelmingly in favor of our RAPUP-UAW bargaining unit and on our right to unionize, rejecting every argument set forth by the Penn administration! We look forward to voting UNION YES on July 16th and 17th!
June 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🚨BIG NEWS🚨 We've got election dates! The regional NLRB ruled overwhelmingly in favor of our RAPUP-UAW bargaining unit and on our right to unionize, rejecting every argument set forth by the Penn administration! We look forward to voting UNION YES on July 16th and 17th!
Despite Penn's delay tactics, Research Associates and Postdocs know what the evidence shows: "through unionizing, our peers at other institutions have won greater job security, better benefits, and higher wages."
June 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Despite Penn's delay tactics, Research Associates and Postdocs know what the evidence shows: "through unionizing, our peers at other institutions have won greater job security, better benefits, and higher wages."
Thanks to @whyy.org for the coverage! Read about why Postdocs and Research Associates are forming their union at whyy.org/articles/pen...
May 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thanks to @whyy.org for the coverage! Read about why Postdocs and Research Associates are forming their union at whyy.org/articles/pen...
Yesterday, we received Penn’s official response to our petition for a union election. We had hoped Penn would respect the will of a supermajority of postdocs and research associates and agree to an election without delay.
May 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Yesterday, we received Penn’s official response to our petition for a union election. We had hoped Penn would respect the will of a supermajority of postdocs and research associates and agree to an election without delay.
Yesterday, research associates and postdocs also notified the Penn administration of our intention to unionize by delivering a letter signed by over 100 research associates and postdocs asking Penn to agree to a fair election process without delay.
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yesterday, research associates and postdocs also notified the Penn administration of our intention to unionize by delivering a letter signed by over 100 research associates and postdocs asking Penn to agree to a fair election process without delay.
🚨We filed our petition with the NLRB for a union election! A supermajority of the 1,500 research associates and postdocs at Penn have signed over 1,000 cards in support of forming our union, RAPUP-UAW! 🚨
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🚨We filed our petition with the NLRB for a union election! A supermajority of the 1,500 research associates and postdocs at Penn have signed over 1,000 cards in support of forming our union, RAPUP-UAW! 🚨
175 million dollars in federal funding to Penn has been frozen. RAPUP-UAW stands in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community, which is why we, and 6 other campus labor organizations, are encouraging Penn administration to refuse to comply with any dictatorial and autocratic directives issued (1/2)
March 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
175 million dollars in federal funding to Penn has been frozen. RAPUP-UAW stands in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community, which is why we, and 6 other campus labor organizations, are encouraging Penn administration to refuse to comply with any dictatorial and autocratic directives issued (1/2)
Find science. Save lives.
March 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Find science. Save lives.
Over 200 protesters in Philadelphia gathered outside Senator McCormick’s office to protest recent cuts to NIH funding. NIH funding creates jobs and advances new cures to the clinic. Senator McCormick could not be reached for comment (shocker).
February 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Over 200 protesters in Philadelphia gathered outside Senator McCormick’s office to protest recent cuts to NIH funding. NIH funding creates jobs and advances new cures to the clinic. Senator McCormick could not be reached for comment (shocker).
Next Wednesday, 2/19 at 12pm, higher ed workers from across Philly are rallying to tell Senator McCormick: Hands Off our Healthcare, Research, and Jobs!
Science and education are under attack. Join us at 2000 Market Street to fight back!
RSVP here: labor4highered.org#register
Science and education are under attack. Join us at 2000 Market Street to fight back!
RSVP here: labor4highered.org#register
February 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Next Wednesday, 2/19 at 12pm, higher ed workers from across Philly are rallying to tell Senator McCormick: Hands Off our Healthcare, Research, and Jobs!
Science and education are under attack. Join us at 2000 Market Street to fight back!
RSVP here: labor4highered.org#register
Science and education are under attack. Join us at 2000 Market Street to fight back!
RSVP here: labor4highered.org#register