The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a frontal attack on the recently formed union of research fellows at its campuses. On Monday, March 2, the NIH leadership announced it will no longer recognize NIH Fellows United–UAW and will seek to have the bargaining unit decertified.
According to reporting by NOTUS (News of the United States) and subsequent coverage, NIH leaders informed the union that fellows “should never have been certified,” claiming that trainees in the affected programs are not “employees” under federal labor law and therefore lack the right to organize.
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