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  • CORE-UAW Postdoc Bargaining Survey

    I support CORE-UAW in bargaining collectively to reach a fair contract. This survey allows postdocs to provide information about our priorities to the elected bargaining committee. The bargaining committee will use the surveys to prepare a bargaining platform on which we will have the opportunity to vote. After democratic approval of our bargaining platform, the bargaining committee can negotiate with confidence for the needs of all postdocs. I understand that no one pays dues until after a contract has been democratically approved by postdocs.

  • Are you a parent/have dependents?
  • International?

  • Job Expectations

  • Establish clear job descriptions and notifications: Require timely notification of job-related information, including clear job descriptions with duties and evaluation criteria, pay, benefits, and workplace rights
  • Workload: Ensure the right to address unreasonable workloads
  • Strengthen Job Security: Protect against unjust termination and guarantee funding
  • Transparency in Decision Making: Increase transparency around lab and departmental funding and reports of faculty misconduct

  • Working Environment

  • Health and Safety: Ensure the right to address unsafe or unhealthy working environments.
  • Space and Equipment: Ensure adequate space and materials, including for remote work, safety, and first aid equipment. Ensure dedicated postdoc spaces, water filling stations, gender-neutral facilities
  • Disability Access: Increase disability access and services

  • Workplace Rights

  • Intellectual Property Rights: Establish clear intellectual property rights, including the ability to be listed as a primary author and protected against listing without consent, and ensure the right to address scientific misconduct
  • Grievance Policy: Establish a procedure to enforce the contract that includes the ability to take grievances to a neutral arbitrator
  • Discrimination, Harassment, and Abuse: Strengthen protections against all forms of discrimination, harassment, and abuse including power-based harassment and bullying (including UMass security and administrative systems)
  • Lab Transition: Establish a process to transition between PIs/labs when necessary

  • Professional Development

  • Job Training and Orientation: Provide adequate job training and orientation for new hires
  • Mentorship and Career-Related Resources: Ensure adequate mentorship and resources for career development and teaching, including resources for conference travel. Ensures protected time for professional development

  • Healthcare

  • Expand network coverage near campus
  • Lower out-of-pocket costs
  • Improve referral system and access to primary care
  • Establish timely, no-cost access to UMass health and counseling services on campus
  • Provide improved, paid dental insurance
  • Provide improved, paid vision coverage
  • Provide improved, paid mental health coverage

  • Wages

  • Raise base salary
  • Ensure fair and timely salary increases for experience and inflation
  • Ensure relocation allowances at the time of appointment
  • Guarantee advance pay and/or timely reimbursement for work and training-related expenses. (E.g., conference, moving stipend)
  • Establish the right of postdocs to discuss and agree on raises and bonuses beyond minimum salary levels

  • Childcare and Dependant Coverage

  • Improve family and dependent health coverage
  • Guarantee access to and reduced/subsidised costs for on-campus childcare
  • Guarantee and improve paid parental leave

  • Campus Services

  • Guarantee access to affordable, healthy food (e.g. establish access to resource center, longer cafeteria hours)
  • Reduce parking costs
  • Improve transit options (e.g. shuttle from Union Station)

  • Other Benefits

  • Guarantee access to affordable housing (e.g. housing stipend, transitional housing for new arrivals)
  • Establish financial support for emergencies (E.g., healthcare, childcare, other unforeseen costs)
  • Strengthen rights and support for international postdocs regarding immigration, visas and green cards, taxes, relocation, housing, and obtaining resources from IPO in a timely fashion (E.g., SSN, TAing, travel)
  • Provide protected time and financial support for visa renewals
  • Guarantee severance pay and benefits
  • Improve life insurance
  • Improve retirement benefits
  • Provide access to free tax assistance
  • Increase vacation time, holidays, leave for family, medical or other reasons
  • Establish access to pet insurance
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