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24 July 2026

Over 50 members of the Northwestern University Postdoctoral Union-UE demonstrated ahead of a bargaining session with the University on Thursday, demanding protections for international workers and improvements to discrimination and harassment procedures.

9 July 2026

Since the start of President Donald Trump's second term, university researchers and scientists tell the ABC7 I-Team it has been a non-stop roller coaster for those who require visas to work in labs at leading Chicago institutions.

21 May 2026

Northwestern’s new union of postdoctoral researchers is bargaining for its first contract that covers numerous aspects of working conditions.

22 April 2026

Postdoctoral researchers and research associates from the Northwestern University Postdoctoral Union-UE called for more frequent and longer bargaining sessions with the University at a demonstration preceding a second bargaining session Tuesday

12 December 2025

Northwestern’s president argues that the school didn’t cross any “red lines” in an agreement that closed multiple federal investigations and terminated a deal with students to end a pro-Palestinian encampment. But critics accuse the university of capitulating.

29 August 2025

Hundreds of postdoctoral scholars and research associates at Northwestern University voted to unionize this week.

8 July 2025

Dozens of Northwestern University postdoctoral researchers marched through campus delivering a petition to formally ask school officials to recognize their new labor union.

8 July 2025

Northwestern Postdoctoral Union members delivered a petition for recognition to the University, seeking better support and benefits.

8 July 2025

Postdoctoral scholar Ahmad Othman has been at Northwestern for three years but — like several other colleagues — still works multiple jobs. He works at the University by day while serving as an adjunct faculty member at other universities.  

16 October 2024

Postdoctoral fellows are vital to universities—running labs, training students, and writing grants—while being overworked and lacking adequate job protections.

2 October 2024

Twenty-one months ago, Northwestern postdoctoral students began the long road toward forming a union. Despite University administrators refusing to voluntarily recognize the unionization effort on Sept. 3, the group refuses to lose steam, postdoctoral researcher Neto Canton said. 

16 April 2024

According to postdoctoral research fellow George Winstone, all postdoctoral students can agree on one thing: Their need for a union. A team of Northwestern postdocs are creating just that.

15 December 2023

Researchers shouldn't be in postdoc positions for more than 5 years, the group also suggests

7 June 2023

Our second global survey of postdoctoral researchers is now live, with new questions to reflect seismic changes to the world of work since 2020.

2 February 2023

Low take-home pay, muddy career paths and poor job prospects contribute to the woes.

22 November 2022

As a major University of California grad-student strike gets underway, what's the state of unionization for postdocs?

12 October 2017

Forming a union could help address some of the many challenges postdocs face

21 November 2024

Members of UAW 5810—the union for postdoctoral researchers at the University of California—describe how their union has led to improved terms and conditions for postdocs.