AFL-CIO Urges Congress To Restore NIOSH Staffing, Boost Funding

The AFL-CIO is calling on Congress to “immediately intervene” to require the Trump administration to reinstate all staff at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as well as defend a federal budget that maintains and increases funding for job safety agencies like OSHA. The labor group in its annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect report released April 23 also outlines numerous actions it wants OSHA, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and EPA...