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Underpayment would lead to less inflation if anything.
[citation needed] Inflation might not be driven by wages but by company profits: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/24/an-economic...
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"All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service." - Franklin Roosevelt https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-the-resolut...
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What is there possibly for a bunch of employees who have lived with status quo for so many years all of a sudden want to change? It is typically new employees who come in (from elsewhere?) that feel like changing everything around them. And then either they get those changes, or get comfortable with the things that exist, or leave. Edit: Reasons for unions historically have been better working conditions and better w…
Or you know, instead of crying about change like you are. Existing employees finally cracked. The STM part of STEM has been seriously underpaid and meager living for years. All of that is coming home to roost with inflation and cost of living spiraling out of control.
It's not going to work. The NIH has no equivalent private sector competitor. For every single researcher, there are 10 other graduates and staff who would be willing to do their job for a fraction of the cost. This is a supply and demand problem, a funding problem. Strip congress and the medical board of their ability to control the number of residency spots and you will see the free market correct itself. Most biolo…
> The union, called NIH Fellows United, would include about 4,800 research fellows, such as graduate students and postdocs, who hold non-permanent staff positions at the agency’s 27 institutes and centres.
It's not going to work. The NIH has no equivalent private sector competitor. For every single researcher, there are 10 other graduates and staff who would be willing to do their job for a fraction of the cost. This is a supply and demand problem, a funding problem. Strip congress and the medical board of their ability to control the number of residency spots and you will see the free market correct itself. Most biolo…
From the article, they may not be staff. Many research agencies have "fellow" or "associate" positions that aren't full time staff. Similar to a contractor but used for postdoc, graduate students, etc. Sometimes on the path to FTE status, but not always. Could also be non-citizens on a visa for their term. Pay (think stipend, not salary) for these positions are more than what a grad student would get from their unive…
And the same goes for junior research staff at universities (assistants, fellows, post-docs etc).
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[citation needed] Inflation might not be driven by wages but by company profits: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/24/an-economic...
Where do you think company profits come from if not from customers?
What is there possibly for a bunch of employees who have lived with status quo for so many years all of a sudden want to change? It is typically new employees who come in (from elsewhere?) that feel like changing everything around them. And then either they get those changes, or get comfortable with the things that exist, or leave. Edit: Reasons for unions historically have been better working conditions and better w…
Desk labor is labor. And us desk jockeys most definitely need to unionize to improve and/or prevent deterioration of our working conditions and wages (and when I say "our wages" I don't mean just the star developers, I mean everyone). Similarly, all laborers, at the desk and at the assembly line, strive for better treatment of our work efforts, the ability to perform meaningful and less alienated work, etc.
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"All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service." - Franklin Roosevelt https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-the-resolut...
NIH should build more institutes in cheaper areas (eg not NoVa). It’s a win win since it will help revitalize poorer areas of America and save on costs. It will also tilt more senators/congresspeople to vote for NIH funding, similar to military base funding
It’s a real chicken and egg problem around local talent. Bethesda/Rockville/Baltimore has several different organizations doing medical research which makes the attractive locations for researchers to live. Locate in say Boise Idaho and positions are open for longer and you will need to compromise more in terms of talent.
On top of this there’s a huge pool of government contractors which again provides significant advantages.