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across the campuses of the University of California system. Research ground to a halt for six weeks after 48,000 academic staff stopped working and called for increased pay and better working conditions.
If certified as a union, NIH Fellows United could not walk off the job in a similar fashion, however: federal workers are not permitted to strike. Instead, the union would use other bargaining tactics, such as demonstrations, to push for improvements.Once the union is certified, organizers would poll research fellows to determine what issues it should focus on, but higher wages are sure to be on the docket.
The stipends currently being paid to fellows vary according to institute, experience and seniority, and some are belowin the Washington DC area. That living wage is “about $10,000 more than I’ve made in my time at the NIH”, says Margo Williams, a research fellow at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute who plans to attend medical school later this year. “I haven’t been able to save, and it’s been difficult to plan financially for the future.
If the NIH were to increase pay for its fellows, it might have ripple effects across the country, says Jonathan Wiest, the former director of the Center for Cancer Training at the National Cancer Institute. That’s because the NIH also awards training grants to early-career researchers at universities across the country.
Some established scientists commend NIH’s fellows for taking the initiative to unionize. David Talmage, a neuroscientist at NINDS, says that it’s time to “reconsider how we’ve been thinking about training. The system was set up when 3-year postdocs would immediately lead to permanent positions in academia”, he says. “That doesn’t exist anymore, and we’re losing a lot of incredibly smart people.”
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