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."

What we do know is this: postdocs and research associates deserve protections and benefits reflecting our enormous academic, financial, and reputational contributions to this world-class, multi-billion-dollar institution. With a union, we will win them.

Today, the National Labor Relations Board is holding a hearing to decide whether we can hold a union election. Both sides will present legal arguments and evidence, and we will continue to update postdocs and research associates as things proceed.

Instead, Penn admin has chosen to challenge our right to unionize, making it clear they don’t respect us as researchers. Penn is choosing to fight their own workers rather than work together with us to fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on scientific research.