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Unions rally in Pittsburgh against Trump’s cuts to worker protections and research funding
July 23, 2025 // The event was a stop on the AFL-CIO’s “It’s Better in a Union: Fighting for Freedom, Fairness & Security” bus tour. Labor leaders including AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, USW International President David McCall and Allegheny/Fayette Central Labor Council President Darrin Kelly took the mic to address the impacts of the administration’s cuts to university research funding, Medicaid and the firing of workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, both in Pittsburgh and across the country. After the speeches, volunteers handed out a sheet of paper with a phone number to reach the House of Representative and a QR code with a prewritten email in support of a discharge petition to force a vote in that chamber on the Protect America’s Workforce Act, a bill that aims to reverse Trump’s executive order that eliminated collective bargaining rights for federal workers.
Almost 5,000 scientists are unionizing at the NIH
June 8, 2023 // Such a large unionized workforce in research—at the intersection of health and academics—would likely have large impact on the finances of educational institutions, which rely on low-paid early-career roles to help conduct their research. The NIH fellows’ initiative fits into a broader new wave of unionizations. Although the current level of union participation is the lowest since 1934, healthcare has seen a renewed interest in union participation since the pandemic.