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It is together that we truly dare to do mighty things!

We are joining together as a union so we can bargain collectively with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to improve our working conditions and to make JPL a better and more accessible place for research and innovation. Like thousands of employees at Caltech and other FFRDCs who already have unions, we deserve the voice and respect we gain through collective bargaining. We are also joining thousands of other UAW workers across the U.S. to build our political voice to increase science funding and protect the rights of international workers.

Without collective bargaining, we have experienced stagnant wages in relation to cost of living, job insecurity, and a lack of transparency in administrative policies. With collective bargaining, we can negotiate a binding agreement so that JPL cannot change the terms of our employment unilaterally. When we are able to communicate and negotiate as equals with JPL, we’ll be able to live more securely and be able to focus more on the quality of our work.

Your commitment counts!

Collective bargaining means more rights and more power to shape our lives at JPL. Collectively we have more power to negotiate with JPL than we have as individuals. No one will be expected to pay any dues or fees until we have democratically approved a contract.

Without a union, JPL management dictates policies about our working conditions and can change them unilaterally at any time.

With a union, we elect a bargaining committee that gathers input from JPLers across the Lab, our bargaining committee negotiates on equal footing toward a fair agreement with JPL, and we vote democratically whether to approve any agreement as our contract. That contract secures our terms and conditions of employment and is binding and enforceable, usually through appeal to a neutral arbitrator.

United, we dare mighty things!