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RFK Jr. massacre paves way to Give Americans Black Lung Again The final blow to the agency protecting workers from deadly disease

Full story with new details about RFK Jr’s mass firing of the remaining NIOSH workers, including confirmation that the HHS is lying about retaining its program for firefighters with cancer. www.progressreport.news/p/rfk-jr-mas...

Federal Unionists Say It’s Not Game Over, It’s Game On A scrappy network of federal unionists is leading the response to the Trump administration’s attacks on their workplaces, including Trump’s March 27 order purporting to end union contracts covering mo...

“We need to bring out much bigger numbers than we've seen so far,” said Chris Dols, a founder of the Federal Unionists Network. “Everybody can become an organizer, and in fact that's the only way we're going to be able to raise the political cost high enough.” labornotes.org/2025/04/fede...

Wow! Updated estimates now put turnout at 2.3 million — and we’re still waiting on reports from coalition members in other areas, with some events yet to begin! If you’re free, come out and join us. Over 1,400 events are planned across the country.

Our National Parks and Public Lands are what make this Nation beautiful! We must protect them at all costs. #HandsOff #NationalParks

Today, workers from all around the country stood in solidarity to say — #HandsOff our Unions! ✊

I've created a shareable document with a list of the HHS offices gutted today that I'll be updating as often as possible. Have something to add? Message marisakabas.04 on Signal or email MKwrites4000@proton.me
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Federal HHS layoffs hit NIOSH mine-safety research facility near Pittsburgh The local layoffs appear to have been part of a nationwide clearcutting of federal Health and Human Services staff.

Federal HHS layoffs hit NIOSH mine-safety research facility near Pittsburgh

Will Federal Workers Rediscover Their Militancy? - Dissent Magazine Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences.

Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences.

New online by @josephamccartin.bsky.social:

www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.

Trump administration moves to shutter mine safety offices in coal country.

Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.

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#Coal #Mines #Health #DOGE #Trump #Environment

RFK Jr.'s layoffs expected to gut worker safety agency NIOSH, officials say More than 800 employees at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are expected to be cut.

Shuttering NIOSH will cause an unimaginable amount of damage to worker protection and beyond.

Workers will die as a result of this. www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

Don't miss this post - some very useful thinking about what to expect for worker health and safety in the coming administration, and how we should respond.

Curious about how the 40-hour workweek became standard? 🕒

In a Social Science History paper I investigate which political parties pushed for—or resisted—working-time regulations from the late 19th to the 20th century.

And what happens to these complaints when Elon Trump takes office?

Pays to buy a President.

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YouTube video by Elle & Toni Peggy Seeger - I'm Gonna Be an Engineer cover

“I’ll fight them as a woman, not a lady.” #1u #organize

Senate Press Gallery @SenatePress Follow By a vote of 49-45, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Embry J. Kidd to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit. Senator Manchin voted no. Braun, Daines, Fetterman, Hagerty, Rubio, and Vance did not vote. 6:31 PM • 11/18/24 • 1.9K Views

NEWS: Embry Kidd is confirmed to the Eleventh Circuit.

Born in 1983, Kidd will be replacing Charles Wilson, the final active Clinton appointee on the court. Wilson was born in 1954 and turned 70 last month.

A picture of the exhibit that says in large letters “Collective Action: Labor Activism in 21st Century Baltimore.”

Everyone should check out the ✨Collective Action✨ exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Industry!

A good bunch of Unions and other associated Labor orgs/unionists have joined in the last day or so. Been able to add more to the American Labor Starter Pack I've got going.

FACT: Being in a union is cool as hell

UAW President Shawn Fain standing at a podium wearing a shirt that says eat the rich.

Shaw Fain is hard as hell

I will never get tired of Labor history being made every day 🔥

For the first time EVER, a sitting U.S. President will walk the picket line and stand in solidarity with workers ✊🏻🪧

UAW Files Labor Complaint Against Sen. Tim Scott for Saying “You Strike, You’re Fired.” “Telling workers they’ll be fired for striking is violating federal labor law, and that’s not something becoming of a senator.”

I aspire to be as cool as the UAW lawyers that filed this Unfair Labor Practice

A ‘disaster’ nears: Millions of federal workers’ paychecks wo... WASHINGTON — More than 3.5 million federal employees and military personnel — many in the Washington, D.C., area but also scattered across the states and around the globe — are bracing for anoth...

A government shutdown would be disastrous for millions of workers —

OSHA will have to reduce inspections “denying workers a key protection against safety risk” and workers “who are owed back pay for their hard work would face delays[.]”

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