title: How postdocs benefit from building a union.
authors.affiliation: Benjamin Cain is in the Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.affiliation: Jessica M Budke is in the Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Budke
authors.affiliation: Kelsey J Wood is in the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.
authors.forename: Kelsey J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: Neal T Sweeney is in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States.
authors.forename: Neal T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.affiliation: Benjamin Schwessinger is in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States and Joint Bioenergy Institute, Emeryville, United States benjamin.schwessinger@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schwessinger
mesh_terms: D003098:Collective Bargaining; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions; D012108:Research Personnel; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities
keywords: academic careers; careers in science; grad school; postdocs; science policy and funding; unions