This month, the Trump administration has begun an attack on public research to further their extreme, right-wing agenda: freezing federal grants, undermining university budgets, censoring research on public health and climate change, and targeting workers at the NIH, CDC, NSF, and FDA. Most significantly, on Friday, February 7th, the NIH announced that it would be sharply lowering its indirect cost rate, a reckless divestment from public higher education that would disrupt scientific innovation and economic growth.
From coast to coast, Academic Workers are organizing through our unions to defend scientific research in the public interest.
- Take action. Academic workers across UC are participating in a nation-wide movement to fight against anti-worker funding cuts to research, and many campuses are joining the March 7th March for Science.
- Share your story. At UC, Academic Workers are submitting testimonials about work on climate change, fundamental science, cutting-edge cancer treatments, and more, to show legislators and the public the impact the proposed cuts to federal grants would have on this critical research.
- Build your union. Sign up to build union membership in your building, learn how to enforce your workplace rights, and bring colleagues to future actions to protect public research and higher education.