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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
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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. ✊
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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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.
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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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.
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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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
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…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.
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May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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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
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May 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Concerns about higher ed’s future under Trump and calls for a forceful response to his actions pervaded a recent gathering on collective bargaining in higher ed. The conference—held in Manhattan just two days after Columbia announced it would capitulate to multiple demands the administration made—offered a snapshot into a large pocket of resistance. We couldn’t actually be better positioned to fight back against the kind of authoritarian attacks that we’re seeing.” —Ian Gavigan, national director of Higher Ed Labor United Panelists and the audience discussed the Trump administration’s ongoing targeting of higher ed and how to respond. “We are under absolutely relentless assault,” said Rebecca Givan, general vice president of the Rutgers University AAUP-AFT and a HELU steering committee member. “It’s constant, it’s everywhere, it’s in every direction, but it would be so much worse if we didn’t have our unions. And so we have these structures and we need to use them to fight back.” Givan said that “none of us have been sleeping,” but “if we can’t organize within our unions to fight back, we have nothing.” She said unions have to work within state and federal politics and agencies, fighting for changes such as higher taxes on the rich to fund higher ed. “We also have to give our university administrators a strong invitation to do the right thing,” Givan said. “And if they do not, we have to fill that leadership vacuum. We cannot let them back down. We cannot let them do a Columbia and capitulate.” Atop the litigation, presidents and members of those unions and others—such as the United Autoworkers, a major organizer of graduate student workers—have rallied in Washington, D.C., against cuts to universities and federal research agencies. This week, the UAW joined other, nonunion organizations in suing to overturn the administration’s cancellations of National Institutes of Health grants. Attempts at more national shows of force are coming. Across dozens of campuses, multiple unions are sponsoring a “Kill the Cuts” day of action on April 8, focused on reversing the NIH cuts and other federal funding reductions, followed by a more general protest April 17. It all adds up to campus unions taking a public stand where administrators largely haven’t.
April 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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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
Dr. Haley Chatelaine, VP of UAW Local 2750, addresses attendees at the Stand Up for Science Rally in Washington DC on March 7, 2025.
March 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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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