NIH Fellows United
@nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
We are the union of 5,000 early-career researchers at the National Institutes of Health, standing up for fair treatment, better working conditions, and a stronger future for science. | Proudly UAW 2750
Exciting week for Penn Postdocs in their union elections this week! Academia needs collective power more than ever! Every academic worker deserves rights, protections, and a say. ✊ #WeAreTheUAW
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RAPUP-UAW on X: "Thanks to our postdoctoral colleagues in @hopkinspro_uaw, @urfu_uaw, @spocuaw, and @uaw_4811 for the words of solidarity ahead of our vote later this week! https://t.co/8CPDIlNw0F" / X
Thanks to our postdoctoral colleagues in @hopkinspro_uaw, @urfu_uaw, @spocuaw, and @uaw_4811 for the words of solidarity ahead of our vote later this week! https://t.co/8CPDIlNw0F
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July 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Exciting week for Penn Postdocs in their union elections this week! Academia needs collective power more than ever! Every academic worker deserves rights, protections, and a say. ✊ #WeAreTheUAW
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Excited for our DC siblings at the Kennedy Center ✊⚙️
NEW: 175 staff for the Kennedy Center in DC are unionizing with @uaw.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Excited for our DC siblings at the Kennedy Center ✊⚙️
Today, NIH Fellows United and our colleagues walked out of NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya’s Town Hall. Dr. Bhattacharya's tenure at NIH has been marked with damaging cuts to NIH personnel and biomedical research funding.
May 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today, NIH Fellows United and our colleagues walked out of NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya’s Town Hall. Dr. Bhattacharya's tenure at NIH has been marked with damaging cuts to NIH personnel and biomedical research funding.
Academic workers across the country are calling 📞 Legislators to ask them to sign on to bipartisan letters ✉️ in support of robust NIH funding and opposing the 15% indirect cost caps. Take 5 minutes to call your legislators today. Deadline is May 19th.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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May 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Academic workers across the country are calling 📞 Legislators to ask them to sign on to bipartisan letters ✉️ in support of robust NIH funding and opposing the 15% indirect cost caps. Take 5 minutes to call your legislators today. Deadline is May 19th.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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While this administration sows fear and isolation, our union stands up for hope and solidarity. Standing together, we will not be intimidated.
When we fight, we win. ✊
When we fight, we win. ✊
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
While this administration sows fear and isolation, our union stands up for hope and solidarity. Standing together, we will not be intimidated.
When we fight, we win. ✊
When we fight, we win. ✊
On Wednesday, we planned to lead a walkout at his first town hall.
We wanted to send a message: we will not sit by while our Director aids and abets the dismantling of America's crown jewel research enterprise.
Seems he got wind of our plans, because he postponed last-minute.
We wanted to send a message: we will not sit by while our Director aids and abets the dismantling of America's crown jewel research enterprise.
Seems he got wind of our plans, because he postponed last-minute.
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
On Wednesday, we planned to lead a walkout at his first town hall.
We wanted to send a message: we will not sit by while our Director aids and abets the dismantling of America's crown jewel research enterprise.
Seems he got wind of our plans, because he postponed last-minute.
We wanted to send a message: we will not sit by while our Director aids and abets the dismantling of America's crown jewel research enterprise.
Seems he got wind of our plans, because he postponed last-minute.
Since Bhattacharya’s arrival, we have made good-faith efforts to meet with the Director, but have been brushed off.
His comments - whether misinformed or intentionally deceptive - have repeatedly misled the NIH community and the public.
Trust demands better.
His comments - whether misinformed or intentionally deceptive - have repeatedly misled the NIH community and the public.
Trust demands better.
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Since Bhattacharya’s arrival, we have made good-faith efforts to meet with the Director, but have been brushed off.
His comments - whether misinformed or intentionally deceptive - have repeatedly misled the NIH community and the public.
Trust demands better.
His comments - whether misinformed or intentionally deceptive - have repeatedly misled the NIH community and the public.
Trust demands better.
In another misleading exchange, Bhattacharya dismissed a Nature news article reporting that NIH planned to suspend subawards for foreign collaborations as “rumors.” Hours later he released a policy confirming said “rumors.”
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In another misleading exchange, Bhattacharya dismissed a Nature news article reporting that NIH planned to suspend subawards for foreign collaborations as “rumors.” Hours later he released a policy confirming said “rumors.”
…On the contrary, in the past month, critical NIH facilities received stop work orders, 2200 contractors were terminated, a second round of RIFs hit, and the funding cuts continued.
Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH
Sources say that a climate of fear has spread throughout the agency as the Trump administration takes a hatchet to its core functions.
www.thenation.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
…On the contrary, in the past month, critical NIH facilities received stop work orders, 2200 contractors were terminated, a second round of RIFs hit, and the funding cuts continued.
In an interview with @science.org on Monday, Bhattacharya evaded accountability for what is happening at NIH and claimed,“in the month I’ve been here, I think things have turned around pretty significantly”...
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In an interview with @science.org on Monday, Bhattacharya evaded accountability for what is happening at NIH and claimed,“in the month I’ve been here, I think things have turned around pretty significantly”...
A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪
Last Friday, the Trump Administration proposed major budget cuts to the NSF and NIH, two of the largest public funders of biomedical research. On May 13th @ 3pm ET join us in calling Congressional Legislators to tell them to sign onto letters supporting federal research funding. #KilltheCuts >🔗
May 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Last Friday, the Trump Administration proposed major budget cuts to the NSF and NIH, two of the largest public funders of biomedical research. On May 13th @ 3pm ET join us in calling Congressional Legislators to tell them to sign onto letters supporting federal research funding. #KilltheCuts >🔗
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Read more about the panel featuring Local President Levin
Kim & @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social President Emilya Ventriglia here: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
@uaw4811.bsky.social @umd-glu.bsky.social
Kim & @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social President Emilya Ventriglia here: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
@uaw4811.bsky.social @umd-glu.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Read more about the panel featuring Local President Levin
Kim & @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social President Emilya Ventriglia here: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
@uaw4811.bsky.social @umd-glu.bsky.social
Kim & @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social President Emilya Ventriglia here: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
@uaw4811.bsky.social @umd-glu.bsky.social
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Due to cuts to the NIH, “…scientific advancement will be delayed, treatments will go undiscovered, human health will be compromised, and lives will be lost.” Read about how UAW is fighting funding cuts in court: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Researchers, Higher Ed Union Fight NIH Grant Terminations
A new lawsuit argues that canceling billions in research grants will delay scientific advancements, compromise human health and even result in deaths.
www.insidehighered.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Due to cuts to the NIH, “…scientific advancement will be delayed, treatments will go undiscovered, human health will be compromised, and lives will be lost.” Read about how UAW is fighting funding cuts in court: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
The fight for research, healthcare, and education is on.
Join us in April 8th at 4PM at Upper Senate Park, D.C. (and nationwide!) to demand NO CUTS to research and education. 🪧 We say: #KILLTHECUTS!
RSVP[https://tinyurl.com/KillTheCuts]
Join us in April 8th at 4PM at Upper Senate Park, D.C. (and nationwide!) to demand NO CUTS to research and education. 🪧 We say: #KILLTHECUTS!
RSVP[https://tinyurl.com/KillTheCuts]
March 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The fight for research, healthcare, and education is on.
Join us in April 8th at 4PM at Upper Senate Park, D.C. (and nationwide!) to demand NO CUTS to research and education. 🪧 We say: #KILLTHECUTS!
RSVP[https://tinyurl.com/KillTheCuts]
Join us in April 8th at 4PM at Upper Senate Park, D.C. (and nationwide!) to demand NO CUTS to research and education. 🪧 We say: #KILLTHECUTS!
RSVP[https://tinyurl.com/KillTheCuts]
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Over 600 passionate individuals united with Maryland leaders, alongside advocates, to stand strong against the Trump Administration's assault on the National Institutes of Health. UWA leaders @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social delivered an inspiring speech that electrified the crowd. @mcdems.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Over 600 passionate individuals united with Maryland leaders, alongside advocates, to stand strong against the Trump Administration's assault on the National Institutes of Health. UWA leaders @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social delivered an inspiring speech that electrified the crowd. @mcdems.bsky.social
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"As scientists, we stand on the shoulders of giants. Today, we are all standing shoulder to shoulder WITH giants. Everybody here has the ability to move us forward. Everyone here is a leader. Lead with your hearts now."
— Haley Chatelaine, VP of UAW Local 2750 @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
— Haley Chatelaine, VP of UAW Local 2750 @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"As scientists, we stand on the shoulders of giants. Today, we are all standing shoulder to shoulder WITH giants. Everybody here has the ability to move us forward. Everyone here is a leader. Lead with your hearts now."
— Haley Chatelaine, VP of UAW Local 2750 @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
— Haley Chatelaine, VP of UAW Local 2750 @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social
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UAW members joined thousands of fellow scientists and advocates today for the Stand Up for Science Rally in Washington DC.
Attendees called on leaders at every level to champion and protect scientific research and education against recent attacks by the Trump administration.
Attendees called on leaders at every level to champion and protect scientific research and education against recent attacks by the Trump administration.
March 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
UAW members joined thousands of fellow scientists and advocates today for the Stand Up for Science Rally in Washington DC.
Attendees called on leaders at every level to champion and protect scientific research and education against recent attacks by the Trump administration.
Attendees called on leaders at every level to champion and protect scientific research and education against recent attacks by the Trump administration.
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At a labor rally, speakers blasted the administration’s cuts to health care and higher education. Read more & learn how to GET ORGANIZED below. www.afscme.org/blog/life-sa...
Life-saving medical research will suffer from the administration’s rash cuts
The new administration is gutting federal health programs, and that will hurt higher ed.
www.afscme.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
At a labor rally, speakers blasted the administration’s cuts to health care and higher education. Read more & learn how to GET ORGANIZED below. www.afscme.org/blog/life-sa...
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I’d rather be in a lab right now. But we’re here because the NIH grants that fund our research have been cut. RFK Jr. says he wants to make America healthy again - but how does he want to do that without our research?! - Annika Barber, @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’d rather be in a lab right now. But we’re here because the NIH grants that fund our research have been cut. RFK Jr. says he wants to make America healthy again - but how does he want to do that without our research?! - Annika Barber, @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social
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On Tuesday 2/25 – in D.C. and online – workers and labor leaders will rally to expose how attacks on public funding decimate public health and education while siphoning off public resources for private gain. Hands off our healthcare, research, jobs, and education! Join us: www.labor4highered.org
February 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
On Tuesday 2/25 – in D.C. and online – workers and labor leaders will rally to expose how attacks on public funding decimate public health and education while siphoning off public resources for private gain. Hands off our healthcare, research, jobs, and education! Join us: www.labor4highered.org
“We have strength in numbers. …I think we’re ready to fight.” said Ian Fucci, a member of NIH Fellows United / UAW Local 2750. Join us next week to fight together for research: tinyurl.com/3ct6yns2
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Young researchers mobilize to protest Trump administration’s science policies
Stunned by attacks on the scientific research system, early career scientists plan a D.C. demonstration and a national ‘Stand Up for Science’ event.
www.statnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“We have strength in numbers. …I think we’re ready to fight.” said Ian Fucci, a member of NIH Fellows United / UAW Local 2750. Join us next week to fight together for research: tinyurl.com/3ct6yns2
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Join us on the 19th at the Department of Health and Human Services in DC! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Join us on the 19th at the Department of Health and Human Services in DC! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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To ensure these cuts are reversed, UAW demands immediate action from Congress before they wreak havoc on the working class, scientific innovation, and the future of public health.
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
To ensure these cuts are reversed, UAW demands immediate action from Congress before they wreak havoc on the working class, scientific innovation, and the future of public health.