Labor Coalition Sues HHS to Stop Safety Research Agency Cuts

A coalition of unions representing healthcare, education, mining, and manufacturing workers is seeking a court order to stop the permanent termination of workers at the federal agency responsible for researching work-related injuries.

Public Citizen Litigation Group, along with the AFL-CIO, is asking the US District Court for the District of Columbia to declare the staff cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health are unlawful. The plaintiffs seek an injunction to block the Department of Health and Human Services from placing NIOSH employees on administrative leave and eventually terminating them.

The action comes as a West Virginia federal ...