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NIOSH Director Tells Federal Judge That Black Lung Program Is Back

John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, told U.S. District Judge Irene Berger that 51 workers who had received termination notices in April were back on the job.

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Cut NIOSH Workers Hold Morgantown Rally In Solidarity With DC Protest

Almost all of the 250 employees working at the Morgantown office had their jobs cut in April, before about 100 were reinstated last week to comply with a court order. Without further intervention, the remaining NIOSH workers will be formally terminated on June 2.

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UMWA's Roberts Intervened To Save Federal Black Lung Program

United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts was among those who personally asked the U.S. health secretary to save a program that screens for black lung.

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UMWA, Labor Leaders To Protest Trump Health Cuts In D.C.

United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts and members of the American Federation of Government Employees will demonstrate outside HHS headquarters over recent staffing reductions at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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