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The Precarity of Being an International Postdoc
The Precarity of Being an International Postdoc

But I did not expect I would have to deal with a different problem: what to do when my position was suddenly eliminated with no warning…

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Jen AckerSeptember 9, 2019
Equitable Working Conditions are Essential to Improving Research at UC
Equitable Working Conditions are Essential to Improving Research at UC

It’s no secret that academic research — and STEM fields in particular — has a diversity problem…

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Jen AckerJuly 10, 2019
Forced Out of the Academic Pipeline
Forced Out of the Academic Pipeline

Feeling that I was about to become a statistic, I raised pregnancy discrimination issues with UCLA’s Title IX office…

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Jen AckerMay 22, 2019
On and After Election Day, We Keep Organizing Against Attacks on Immigrants
On and After Election Day, We Keep Organizing Against Attacks on Immigrants

One way to organize against these outrageous policy proposals is to secure stronger protections and better working conditions through collective bargaining…

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Jen AckerNovember 6, 2018
Pregnancy Discrimination in Science (and Why We Need Unions)
Pregnancy Discrimination in Science (and Why We Need Unions)

He said I did not have any rights, and if I did not accept the unpaid sick leave immediately he would cancel my H1B visa and I would be deported…

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Jen AckerOctober 20, 2017
UConn Graduate Student Union Helps Handle Sexual Harassment
UConn Graduate Student Union Helps Handle Sexual Harassment

Cera Fisher wasn't thinking about sexual harassment when she joined the campaign to form a graduate worker union at the University of Connecticut…

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Jen AckerDecember 1, 2016

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