Today, student workers met with the UMass Chan administration for our third bargaining session. Below, you can find a summary of what happened in today’s session.

Today, postdocs met with the UMass Chan administration for our fourth bargaining session. Below, you can find a summary of what happened in today’s session.

Hear from Natasha Buwa, Postdoctoral Associate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, about why winning a strong contract matters.

Hear from Kylie Sumner, Graduate Student in the Department of Medicine, about why winning a strong contract matters.

Hear from Debora Ferreira, Postdoctoral Associate in Genetic and Cellular Medicine, about why winning a strong contract matters.

Today, postdocs met with the UMass Chan administration for our third bargaining session. Below, you can find a summary of what happened in this session.

Hear from Faith Keller, Graduate Student in Systems Biology, about why winning a strong contract matters.

Hear from Theresa Romalho, Postdoctoral Associate in Molecular Cell & Cancer Biology, about why winning a strong contract matters.

Cast your vote tomorrow to make your voice heard! You can find polling locations here: www1.worcesterma.gov/applications..., and a list of candidates on the Worcester ballot here: www.worcesterma.gov/elections/do...

Today, grad workers met with the UMass Chan administration for our second bargaining session. Below, you can find a summary of what happened in each session. To read more, you can find updates and our proposal tracker on our website.

Today, postdocs met with the UMass Chan administration for our second bargaining session. Below, you can find a summary of what happened in each session. To read more, you can find updates and our proposal tracker on our website.

Hear from Alejandro Felix-Mejia, Grad Student in RNA Therapeutics, about why fighting cuts to federal research funding matters. #killthecuts

On Friday, Oct. 3rd, members of CORE-UAW and the greater UMass Chan community met with @repmcgovern.bsky.social, @senrobynkennedy.bsky.social, and State Rep. O’Day to share how science funding cuts have impacted our campus. This is a moment to protect our rights and the future of science in the US.

Our union siblings in SHARE, representing over 400 employees at UMass Chan, ratified their contract on Friday, Oct. 17th! You can read more on their website here: www.shareumms.org/contract

Hear from Brittany Rosener, Postdoctoral Associate in Systems Biology, about why fighting cuts to federal research funding matters. #killthecuts

Hear from David Cooper, Grad Student in RNA Therapeutics, about why fighting cuts to federal research funding matters. #killthecuts

We stand with our colleagues in CIR-SEIU in their fight for a fair contract! Residents & interns deserve a living wage and strong health benefits to continue doing the work that makes UMass Chan run. www.telegram.com/story/news/h...

Yesterday, we were excited to meet with Congresswoman Katherine Clark to share stories of how cuts to federal funding and attacks on international workers are impacting our jobs and the research we do at UMass Chan. Thank you for your support, @whipkclark.bsky.social !

Yesterday, the postdoc and grad student bargaining committees met with the UMass Chan administration for our first bargaining session! Here's a summary of what happened in each session. To read more, you can find updates and our proposal tracker on our website.

Thank you to everyone who showed up in support of science funding yesterday in CORE-UAW’s Fund Our Future town hall with @repmcgovern.bsky.social! In this event, we heard from grads, postdocs, PIs, and university leadership about how Trump’s funding cuts have affected the important research we do.

This afternoon, UMass Chan postdocs and graduate workers filed to form our union with the Massachusetts Department of Labor with more than 70% support!

We are excited to announce that a majority of postdoctoral and graduate researchers have signed authorization cards in support of forming our union, Coalition of Research Employees-UAW!