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Labor leaders cheer reversal of NIOSH cuts

Last weekĢƵ reversal of cuts to a federal organization behind miner safety programs drew praise from labor leaders. About 1,000 employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — representing about 90% of the agencyĢƵ workforce — were placed on administrative ...

Cumberland Mine workers vote down latest contract offer

Negotiations are continuing between workers at the Cumberland Mine and owners Iron Senergy after miners voted down a tentative collective bargaining agreement, the United Mine Workers Association said Tuesday. The UMWA had negotiated the tentative agreement on behalf of workers last month. ...

MSHA lease terminations at Waynesburg, other offices reversed

The Mine Safety and Health Administration office in Waynesburg has been taken off the chopping block. Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the reversal of lease terminations listed on the Department of Government Efficiency website in March for 34 MSHA offices. In Pennsylvania, ...

MSHA launches new miner safety standard at UMWA in Uniontown

“No job should be a death sentence.” Those were the words of Acting U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su, who was in Uniontown Tuesday to announce the finalization of the new federal Silica Dust Exposure Rule, meant to protect miners from health hazards associated with exposure to ...