Thanks to our postdoctoral colleagues in Johns Hopkins PRO-UAW, USC Researchers and Fellows United - UAW, Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW, and UAW 4811 for the words of solidarity ahead of our vote later this week!

Postdocs and grad students are stronger together! We're excited to unionize alongside our grad student colleagues at Penn!

"Organizing and building collective power together as international scholars is the best way for us to achieve a fairer workplace and less precarious lives. Only together can we win the dignity, stability, and respect we all deserve." — RAPUP-UAW thedp.com/article/2025/0…

International postdoc face unique challenges and deserve stronger benefits and protections to support their crucial research contributions at Penn! VOTE YES this Wed 7/16 and Thurs 7/17 10am-7pm so we can fight for better in a contract!! 🌍

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

First day of voting is now LIVE! Let's get out there and vote YES!

Penn Vet out there starting the day strong by voting YES! Let's go, RAPUP!

Some more Day 1 vote parties! Penn Postdocs and Research Associates are ready to win our union!

Biology Postdocs and Research Associates want a union!!! ✊✨💪

Postdocs and Research Associates in Psychiatry are ready for their union! Let's go!!!! 💪💪💪

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!

Voting together is better! Postdocs and Research Associates from all over campus are coming out today 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!

Today is the LAST DAY to vote! Postdocs and Research Associates, make your way to Houston Hall today before 7pm to vote YES!

Thank you to Senator Nikil Saval, Anthony H Williams , Senator Sharif Street, and Senator Tartaglione for your support in our efforts to form a union! Philly truly is a union town! #UnionYES

Penn Vet starting the day off strong by bringing out the YES votes on day two of our union election!

We LOVE to see all the union YES votes coming in from all over campus!

Postdocs showing off their YES stickers!

Just a few more hours of voting left, and the YES votes keep coming in!

Solidarity with our postdoc colleagues at Penn in RAPUP-UAW who are voting to form their union today!

🚨WE WON OUR UNION 🚨