US Edition‘Significant downsizing’ happening at NIOSH in Morgantown: UMWA
- More than 100 employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were laid off as part of a national effort to reduce federal jobs by 10,000, significantly impacting Morgantown.
- An announcement related to this layoff stated it would eliminate 873 jobs at various sites, including Morgantown and Pittsburgh, due to a restructuring plan ordered by President Donald Trump.
- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito expressed concern about the impact on miners, stating that the cuts at the CDC/NIOSH could affect vital health programs that are important to many West Virginians.
- Cecil E. Roberts, President of the United Mine Workers of America, remarked that the cuts will significantly increase the risks to coal miners who rely on NIOSH's research for safety.
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'An attack on all workers': Cuts to NIOSH in Morgantown, mining research panned
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has operated in West Virginia for decades to make work safer. Now it’s the agency’s work that is in danger. The NIOSH, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services, is a research agency that studies worker health and has contributed decades of critical findings to support safer workplaces, including miners in West Virginia and t…
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westvirginiawatch.comMore than 200 jobs eliminated during DOGE cuts at Morgantown’s NIOSH facility
MORGANTOWN — Approximately 200 federal jobs are being eliminated at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health facility in Morgantown, an official of a union representing workers there said Tuesday. Hundreds of the facility’s lab animals are expected to…
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