US EditionFederal workers union says HHS layoffs ‘targeting science’
- On Wednesday in Washington, DC, Senator Lisa Murkowski discussed HHS program reorganizations impacting vulnerable Alaskans with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- The talks followed Kennedy’s March reorganization that consolidated 28 agencies into 15 and triggered over 10,000 employee terminations amid federal workforce unrest.
- Murkowski highlighted concerns over reductions in LIHEAP, Head Start, NIOSH, and domestic violence programs that affect energy assistance, fishing fleet regulations, and community services.
- A letter entered into the record urged clarity on FY 25 funding amid fears proposed cuts could threaten offices like Family Violence Prevention and CDC’s Violence Prevention division.
- Meanwhile, a federal union accused HHS of “targeting science” during the layoffs that imperil lifesaving CDC and NIOSH activities and raise broad concerns about public health capacity.
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Murkowski Reinforces Alaska Health Priorities to HHS Secretary - Alaska Native News
Washington, DC – Wednesday, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) engaged with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss the reorganization of HHS programs that assist vulnerable Alaskans including Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Head Start, and community-based programs that support survivors of domestic […] The post Murkowski Reinforces Al…
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westvirginiawatch.comLabor unions representing laid off NIOSH, CDC workers to protest in D.C. next week
CHARLESTON — Unions representing workers laid off at federal health and oversight agencies are heading to Washington D.C. next week to protest past and continued cuts to their workforces by the federal government’s new Department of Government Efficiency.
Federal Union Accuses HHS of ‘Targeting Science’
A federal labor union has accused the Department of Health and Human Services of “targeting science” amid hundreds of layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, The Hill reported on Friday. Yolanda Jacobs, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2883, said the firings at HHS “gut frontline science and shut down life-saving public health prog…
Federal Union Accuses HHS of 'Targeting Science'
A federal labor union has accused the Department of Health and Human Services of targeting science amid hundreds of layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, The Hill reported.
Federal workers union says HHS layoffs ‘targeting science’
Labor unions say layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) are threatening science even as some employees get their jobs back. In a statement released Friday, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) said the layoffs at the Department of Health and…
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