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Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne viruses has ...
The Associated Press is reporting thousands of employees within the U.S. Health and Human Services Department received layoff ...
Reported closures and firings at federal offices are creating concerns about the safety and health of coal miners.  On ...
The president has put his weight behind boosting coal, but trade associations and the nation's largest union say recent ...
W.Va.’s coal companies are again failing to provide retirees health care coverage in violation of a collective bargaining ...
She joined the safety committees launched by the local chapter of the United Mine Workers, which collaborated with the agency to watchdog coal companies. She understood the price that had been ...
Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, calls a recommendation by the Trump administration to close three dozen ...
A GSA spokesperson said the agency’s just “actively managing leases,” but advocates for safe workplaces are worried about ...
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is laying off hundreds of workers, according to the United Mine ...
When union organizers showed up, the companies retaliated. Membership in the United Mine Workers union peaked in 1946, then plummeted as government support waned and the industry waged an all-out ...