The CDC’s critical occupational safety institute has been virtually wiped out

The CDC’s critical occupational safety institute has been virtually wiped out

Restoration of NIOSH is essential to support industries critical to the country, from agriculture to manufacturing.

Trump guts NIOSH, agency critical to worker safety

Trump administration eviscerates programs and staff vital to keeping workers safe from extreme heat and other workplace hazards The post Trump guts agency critical to worker safety as temperatures rise appeared first on NJ Spotlight News.

Layoffs threaten help for black lung patients - The Mountain Eagle

The Trump administration has cut more than 1,000 jobs from the National Institute of Health and Safety, the federal agency which researches black lung disease and provides free black lung evaluations for coal miners. And a week after the President held a press conference in the White House with men in work uniforms and mining hats standing behind him and praised “beautiful, clean coal,” the United Mine Workers of America and the AFL-CIO have sue…