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PhD student in English @ UCLA, president of @uaw_4811

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🧵Statement from UAW President Shawn Fain Condemning Attacks on Higher Education: The UAW represents 100,000 higher education workers, including campus staff, student workers, faculty, research assistants, and postdoctoral fellows, at Columbia University and beyond.


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Trump’s cuts will kill Americans. Elon Musk and DOGE will kill Americans. No one voted for the dismantling of biomedical research and healthcare. @AAUP @AFTHigherEd @CWAUnion @HigherEdLabor @uaw_4811 @UAW @nihfellowsunite @SFNDHE

In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”. go.nature.com/4i2EaIb

nature.com

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Nature - Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.



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The Trump administration is attacking public research through funding freezes and budget cuts, threatening life-saving medical treatments and critical research on everything from cancer to heart disease. Meet some of the UAW 4811 members who do that critical research:

uaw_4811's tweet image. The Trump administration is attacking public research through funding freezes and budget cuts, threatening life-saving medical treatments and critical research on everything from cancer to heart disease. Meet some of the UAW 4811 members who do that critical research:
uaw_4811's tweet image. The Trump administration is attacking public research through funding freezes and budget cuts, threatening life-saving medical treatments and critical research on everything from cancer to heart disease. Meet some of the UAW 4811 members who do that critical research:
uaw_4811's tweet image. The Trump administration is attacking public research through funding freezes and budget cuts, threatening life-saving medical treatments and critical research on everything from cancer to heart disease. Meet some of the UAW 4811 members who do that critical research:
uaw_4811's tweet image. The Trump administration is attacking public research through funding freezes and budget cuts, threatening life-saving medical treatments and critical research on everything from cancer to heart disease. Meet some of the UAW 4811 members who do that critical research:

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🚨 NIH Funding: TOMORROW Monday 9pm ET, join fellow workers across the country on this UAW Higher Ed Dept-hosted call about what the announced cuts to NIH funding at universities mean, how they impact workers, and how we can fight back. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


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*WEBINAR TONIGHT * Join academic workers nationwide at 6 pm PT (9 pm ET) to discuss how we continue the collective fight to end the attacks on science funding and public research. ow.ly/TTCF50UX5Lb @UAWRegion6

UAW's tweet image. *WEBINAR TONIGHT * Join academic workers nationwide at 6 pm PT (9 pm ET) to discuss how we continue the collective fight to end the attacks on science funding and public research.
ow.ly/TTCF50UX5Lb
@UAWRegion6

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Billionaires are waging war on workers, putting healthcare, research, education, and jobs at risk. Workers at colleges and universities are facing tremendous uncertainty. Join us Thursday 2/13 at 8pm ET for a National Higher Ed Strategy Call: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

HigherEdLabor's tweet image. Billionaires are waging war on workers, putting healthcare, research, education, and jobs at risk. Workers at colleges and universities are facing tremendous uncertainty. Join us Thursday 2/13 at 8pm ET for a National Higher Ed Strategy Call: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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🧵 Yesterday, the Trump administration announced radical cuts to NIH grants, slashing billions in public research funds that support life-saving medical treatment and research on everything from cancer to Alzheimer's. Academic workers are fighting back. arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…


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How can we respond to the onslaught of attacks on higher education? February 13 at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT: workers & allies from around the U.S. will come together for a national strategy call. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @UAW @AFTunion @CWAUnion @AAUP


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Hearing from reliable sources that Trump has fired Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, an unprecedented move that could bring cases filed by SpaceX, Amazon challenging NLRB constitutionality to SCOTUS Board members are shielded from presidential removal so this appears illegal


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It's always a good day to organize your workplace.

UAW's tweet image. It's always a good day to organize your workplace.

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"The UAW calls on the Trump Administration and Congress to lift these draconian restrictions immediately to ensure that scientific research in the United States, including the crucial work done by UAW members, can continue without interruption." uaw.org/uaw-statement-…


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President Trump’s restrictions on the NIH are delaying critical research on cancer and diabetes. These restrictions must end as soon as possible to ensure that researchers can get back to work serving our nation’s public health. science.org/content/articl…


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MIT Graduate Student Union, UE Local 256 seeks a Staff Organizer to be based in Cambridge, MA. Details can be found at unionjobs.com/listing.php?id… #1u #UnionStrong @MITGradUnion @ueunion

UnionJob's tweet image. MIT Graduate Student Union, UE Local 256 seeks a Staff Organizer to be based in Cambridge, MA. Details can be found at unionjobs.com/listing.php?id… #1u #UnionStrong @MITGradUnion @ueunion

In the midst of one of the largest climate catastrophes LA has seen in decades, UCLA is telling its workers "nothing to see here, come to work"

rafaeldjaime's tweet image. In the midst of one of the largest climate catastrophes LA has seen in decades, UCLA is telling its workers "nothing to see here, come to work"

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2024 @UAW / @uaw_4811 photo dump :)

only_tanz's tweet image. 2024 @UAW / @uaw_4811 photo dump :)
only_tanz's tweet image. 2024 @UAW / @uaw_4811 photo dump :)
only_tanz's tweet image. 2024 @UAW / @uaw_4811 photo dump :)
only_tanz's tweet image. 2024 @UAW / @uaw_4811 photo dump :)

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2024 UAW 4811 YEAR IN REVIEW 🧵


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On January 13, join former @UTLAnow President @CaputoPearl for a panel discussion on how educators can organize under Trump 2.0! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/the-educ…


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"Between 2012 and 2023, the number of unionized graduate student and postdoctoral workers more than doubled, from roughly 64,000 to 150,000. Faculty unions also increased by 7%, from 374,000 to 402,000, in the same period, the report said." ow.ly/qwei50UsFw0


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“Two years after 48,000 University of California academic workers won big pay gains in a historic six-week strike, labor experts…predicted broad union activism within higher education” Now @cgpu_uaw and USC faculty are realizing those predictions! latimes.com/california/sto…


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