NIH Fellows United-UAW
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NIH Fellows United is composed of fellows at the National Institutes of Health who are forming a union in order to improve our working conditions and careers.
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We won our union! We are the largest union of federal employees to form in more than a decade, and the first union of Fellows ever at a federal research facility. We’ve made history together. 💪
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We are proud to announce that Fellows at the National Institutes of Health are uniting to fight for better working conditions, better science, and more equitable medical research for all. We are NIH Fellows United.
#NIHFellowsUnited
🧵
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WHEN THE UNION'S INSPIRATION THROUGH THE WORKERS' BLOOD SHALL RUN THERE CAN BE NO POWER GREATER ANYWHERE BENEATH THE SUN YET WHAT FORCE ON EARTH IS WEAKER THAN THE FEEBLE STRENGTH OF ONE BUT THE UNION MAKES US STRONG
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UPDATE: The NIH is no longer objecting to all 4,800 of us voting on forming a union. We are pleased that the NIH has decided to do the right thing and respect our rights. This is good news for workers and good news for the strength of NIH as an institution!
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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We're excited that the NIH has decided to drop its objections and 🔥FIRED UP🔥 to vote
#UnionYes
!
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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The
@NIH
has issued its position on our union efforts, which is to challenge the right of Fellows as workers to form a union and engage in collective bargaining. This disappointing position devalues our indispensable contribution to research. We know that the
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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Exciting news! A majority of fellows at the NIH support forming a union! Join us on June 1st to celebrate and turn in the signatures. RSVP here:
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It’s been almost 8 weeks since we filed authorization cards at the FLRA. Now, nearly 200 Fellows from every IC, every job title, and every NIH facility have signed on to a public letter to Sec. Xavier Becerra urging the NIH to move quickly to an agreement for a union election.
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📢Spread the word, our union election is on Wednesday!
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Postbacs, grad students, and postdocs in the
@UAW
are ready to change higher ed and research workplaces for the better!
#LAWCHA2023
#1u
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23 months, 27 institutes, 75+ buildings, 3 countries, 4.8k fellows, 60+ organizers, 3k authorization cards, and 36 pizzas later, the fellows at the National Institutes of Health have filed for a union, and we couldn't be more excited 💙
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
#NIHFellowsUnited
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Better working conditions means better science!
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We are more than 5,000 early career researchers and clinicians across various career stages underpinning the work of every NIH institute. Collectively, we do the majority of the research at NIH — but we do not have enforceable rights in our workplace (yet!).
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Our labor is undervalued by the NIH. Fellows do not make a fair wage and have minimal recourse for workplace harassment, while international fellows’ visa status creates additional precarity. It’s time for this to change.
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Learn more and join us at . If you’re a postbaccalaureate, predoctoral, postdoctoral, clinical, or research fellow at NIH, connect with us at to sign your authorization card. Let’s win this together!
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The ability to pursue a research career shouldn't depend on who can afford it. This is why many early career researchers are unionizing!
Now published in Research Policy:
I looked at 27k postdoc salaries across the US, their relationship to cost of living, tenure-track job prospects, and how things have been changing over time. Here's what I found:
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Fellows do the majority of the research at the NIH; it's time for our working conditions to reflect our crucial contributions!
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When we form a union, we will have the power to protect what we like about working at the NIH, and improve what we don't!
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
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Why is the NIH trying to stand in the way of our union by questioning our right to even form one?
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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Visiting Fellows, who come to the NIH from outside the U.S. to do research work on temporary visas, face extra roadblocks to securing stable work. With a union, Visiting Fellows can bargain for better job security and more stable working conditions!
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Worker protections are essential to maintaining the quality and sustainability of scientific research. The NIH works, heals, and innovates because we do. As NIH Fellows United, we are taking action to foster scientific careers that are equitable and ethical.
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Solidarity with the workers at Harvard! The momentum of our movement won’t be stopped. 💪
We’re proud to announce the campaign to unionize non-tenure-track faculty and researchers within Harvard University—we are Harvard Academic Workers - UAW! We unite ~6000 workers across all 12 Harvard schools. 🧵
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We're out here reminding our colleagues to vote as they get off the Metro!
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
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Are you a Fellow at the NIH? Let it be known that you're voting YES in our union election here:
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Academic workers from
@nihfellowsunite
@uaw2865
@GETUPgrads
@geo3550
@uaw4121
@FSE_UMD
@ruaaup
@TUGSA_6290
@spocuaw
and more strategizing over building power and where we go from here!
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Fellows at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are voting
#UnionYes
in their election on December 6th! Learn more at
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The NIH works because we do, and we deserve a voice in our working environment!
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Signing in support of the union: best way to avoid fomo when we file on June 1 👀
Still need to join the majority of your colleagues? Fill out this form:
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Statement from NIH Fellows United in support of the Postdocs and Research Scientists & Engineers at University of Washington. Alt-text in thread 1/
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We are part of a YUUUGE movement of academic workers fighting for dignity on the job. Join us!
Graduate student workers around the country are standing up and fighting for economic justice.
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It's official: We have an election date! Go to to get all the details and pledge to vote
#UnionYes
!
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Fellows at NIDA and NIA in Baltimore are ready to vote Union Yes on December 6th!
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
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We had a great event this week for new postbacs! We talked about helpful tips for getting started at the NIH and how to get involved in the union effort. Thanks to everyone who made this happen!
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Fellows at the NIH are getting pumped up to get their coworkers out to vote on Dec. 6th!
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
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This is shameful
@DukeU
. Solidarity with
@dukegradunion
.
BREAKING: Duke attys have indicated they intend to challenge the legal standing of grad workers as employees, aiming to reverse the NLRB’s 2016 Columbia decision.
@DukeU
: stop these reprehensible union-busting tactics, recognize our majority, and meet us at the bargaining table.
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Is there a better way to spend a Tuesday evening than building community with colleagues and getting ready for our big rally on Thursday? (No)
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Congratulations! Next up, Fellows at the NIH 😎
The ballots have been counted and we’re excited to announce that WCM postdocs voted by an overwhelming 98.8% to form our union! This is an incredible mandate to negotiate for urgent improvements
@WeillCornell
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A commitment to diversity in science without institutional change is merely lip service 📣
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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More and more scientists are recognizing that the working conditions of early career researchers are putting science itself in danger. We're unionizing not just for ourselves, but for a sustainable and strong research community.
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
We must invest in the next generation of scientists, says
@KafuiDzirasa
of
@Duke_CTSI
@DukePsychiatry
@DukeU
in
@insidehighered
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Public investments in health should be accessible by the public! The Moderna-NIH COVID-19 vaccine was researched in large part by federal workers at the NIH, including Fellows like us fighting for our union.
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine discovery was funded by the taxpayers of this country.
It costs Moderna about $2 to produce that vaccine.
They now want to charge Americans over $100 a dose for that vaccine. That is absurd.
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We are thrilled that we have a sibling union forming right down the road! Welcome to the movement ✊
It's public: grads
@UofMaryland
are officially a
@UAW
campaign! 200+ grad organizers are organizing a mass-participation, democratic union of 4100+ grads for living wages, protections against harassment & abuse, support for international student rights, better benefits, & more!
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Congratulations! The higher ed labor wave continues! 🏄
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Say it louder for people in the back 🗣️ everyone should have a voice in the issues that affect them!
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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International fellows are voting
#UnionYes
for better protections against exploitation due to their visa status!
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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Our colleagues at UMD don't currently have the right to form a union, but there is a bill being introduced this year to fix that. Please sign this petition in support for high ed collective bargaining rights in the University System of Maryland!
First! We launched our petition for collective bargaining rights & living wages for **all** MD higher-ed workers; we will submit this to show support for our CBR bill, so please sign & share—we want to show as many GAs and Marylanders support as possible
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While we are getting ready to hold our union election, our colleagues down the road in College Park are fighting for the right to collective bargaining and building the power to overcome UMD's long term obstruction of that right.
#Solidarity
#1u
Grad workers receive little support from the university, pitifully low stipends, discriminatory international student fees & offers little to no recourse if something goes wrong with our advisors—we deserve a union! Op-ed by grad worker
@rigbyphilips
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Congratulations to the New School part time faculty on their new contract! 2022 was an awesome year for higher ed organizing, with more to come in 2023 👀
New School PT faculty voted 97% in favor of the Tentative Agreement negotiated between the Bargaining Committee and the University Administration
1575 YES
50 NO
The TA will now become the new collective bargaining agreement outlining the terms and conditions of our employment
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On Wednesdays (and every other day) we wear pink (build more fair and sustainable scientific career paths)
RSVP here to be part of something big on 6/1:
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Huge congrats to
@Teamsters
on winning back billions with their historic UPS contract! solidarity forever. 💪⚙️
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“science should be more collaborative and problem-solving oriented, rather than focusing on how to exploit scientific discoveries for profit.” 💪
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Ian Fucci, postdoc at NCI, turned in his
#UnionYes
ballot as soon as he got it. Are you at NCI Frederick, NIEHS, or Rocky Mountain Lab? Be like Ian and vote today! Share that you returned your ballot here:
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Congratulations to Yale graduate student workers on their overwhelming election victory!
We Won! Grad workers at Yale said overwhelmingly: UNION YES!
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Union filing rally june 1 >>>>>>>> paying DC rent on june 1 🥵
#NIHFellowsUnited
#TheNIHWorksBecauseWeDo
#Unionstrong
#fyp
#livingwagenow
#phdlife
#researchtwitter
#medtwitter
#sciencetwitter
#nih
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Major props to the grad workers at Hopkins for their stunning union election victory!!! 💪
#1u
WE HAVE WON OUR UNION WITH 97% VOTING YES!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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Read the solidarity statement from our union colleagues at universities that participate in the NIH Graduate Partnership Program!
Voting
#UnionYes
on Dec. 6th makes us all stronger together.
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Congratulations!
#UnionStrong
A majority of student workers have signed authorization cards in support of forming our union, Sinai Student Workers-UAW!
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The countdown to our union vote starts NOW!🗳️🎉💪
#UnionYES
Polls open on Wednesday for Bethesda, Rockville, and Baltimore Fellows. More info about voting location and times at:
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Fellows deserve enforceable protections from bullying and harassment!
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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Who would do the work if we didn't? NO ONE, that's who!
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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We have memes, we have solidarity, we are driving the cutting edge of biomedical research. What more could you want?
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If you are a Fellow who has signed a card, check your email for info on next steps. If you are a new Fellow who hasn't had a chance to sign yet, contact us at info
@nihfellowsunited
.org to get in the loop.
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We are having a big celebration rally on June 1st outside Building 1 on the Bethesda campus. RSVP:
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Community members! Union siblings! Scientific colleagues! Don't work at the NIH? Don't fret! There's still a way to celebrate with us! Meet us at the FLRA in DC at 1:30 PM on 6/1 when we turn in the cards.
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Instead of meeting with us to come to an election agreement, in its response to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the NIH has decided to challenge the right of Fellows as workers to form a union at all.
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Unfortunately, it's shockingly common for early career researchers to experience bullying and abuse in the lab. We're forming a union at the NIH so that Fellows can stand up for ourselves, secure enforceable rights, and create a healthier research environment for all!
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Thanks for doing the right thing
@camilahcoelho
. Your experience as a postdoc at the
@NIH
is unfortunately standard, that's why longer appointment lengths (and thus longer visas) are so important for intl researchers and a central goal of the postdoc labor movement.
I've always had 6 months or 1-year contracts while a postdoc at the NIH, and that was overwhelming as an international trainee. Today I made it official that every international postdoc in my lab is getting a 5-year visa period. I want all of them to feel safe, in all senses.
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Congratulations to graduate workers at Northwestern University! Wishing you luck with your upcoming vote. Solidarity!
(1/2) When we come back from Winter Break it will be time to vote! Today we signed an agreement finalizing the election logistics. We have one shot at this election, which is why it is crucial for you to make your voice heard on election day and vote UNION YES.
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Congratulations!
#1u
#UnionStrong
We have a union, folks! 94% of us voted YES. Thanks to our supporters and to all Northeastern Grads. Solidarity forever!
Now let's go bargain a winning contract!
#solidarity
#UnionStrong
#northeastern
#voteyes
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@NIH
On June 1st 2023, we turned in signatures in favor of forming NIH Fellows United from a majority of Fellows at the NIH. Since then we have been excitedly looking forward to working together with the Federal Labor Relations Authority and the NIH to schedule a union election.
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We're joining a movement to make science careers more sustainable!
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
#NIHWorksBecauseWeDo
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The NIH needs to mobilize its resources to better support trainees. Unions of postdocs, grad students, and postbacs are the leverage we need to ensure that happens.
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@NIH
On July 21st, a group of nearly 250 Fellows from every job title and every IC sent a letter to the Secretary of HHS Xavier Becerra urging the NIH to move quickly towards reaching an agreement to allow us to exercise our right to democratically vote to form a union.
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President Biden gave a shout out to our HUGE union election victory today at the
@UAW
CAP convention!
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The movement keeps getting stronger! 💪🔥
Today we delivered our petition along with three boxes full of authorization cards signed by 2700+ researchers — a strong majority of ~4000 of us — to the
@NLRB
to form our union at
@nyuniversity
!
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We're joining a movement of 100,000 academic workers in
@UAW
so we can have a voice at work!
#NIHFellowsVoteYes
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