[dls2016]

Or, you know, unionize like regular workers. (Former UAW-represented PhD student, here.)

I then spent some time in the Swiss system as a postdoc... night and day! I went from the "American Riviera" (UCSB) to the "Swiss Riviera" (EPFL), and so living costs were about the same. But PhD students were paid more than twice what I was paid in the US.

Also much less teaching at EPFL, but that was probably due to differences in the "type" of institution.

(And what is a riviera?!)

[selimthegrim]

At UCSB there was a 403b plan set up by the UAW under UC auspices