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Post-Doc Union at UC Reports Tentative Contract

The UAW-affiliated union representing post-docs at UC reports reaching a tentative agreement (must be ratified by the members) with the administration. Press release at:http://www.prouaw.org/news/files/Tentative_Agreement_Press_Release20100802.pdf The union’s website describes the contract details elsewhere on the site as: NIH/NRSA (National Institutes of Health – National Research Service Award) pay scale as a minimum wage for all new Post-docs. Phasing in over the next four years the NIH/NRSA step system for all existing Post-docs (and those appointed before June 2011). Post-docs on NIH steps will have their pay increase annually by the percentage that the NIH steps increase and by advancing to the…