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As a result of continuous legal and public pressure from labor unions, including the IAM Union, the government plans to reopen all closed portions of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and reverse all staff reductions eliminated during last year’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) restructuring of the agency.
NIOSH, a component of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), plays a vital role in conducting workplace safety research, evaluating workplace hazards, and developing protections for workers across industries ranging from health care and education to air transport, mining, and manufacturing.
In response to the cuts, IAM Union joined prominent American unions representing workers in nursing, education, mining, and manufacturing, along with a manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE), in a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration.
“The IAM Union will continue to force accountability for this administration’s unlawful attacks on workers,” said IAM Union International President Brian Bryant. “As a union representing federal workers and representing workers whose safety depends on a functional NIOSH to keep them out of danger, we are thankful that NIOSH is operating and jobs are being restored.”
Organized labor and IAM Union’s legal pressure has played a key role in pushing back against attacks on workers’ rights and safety. The lawsuit is currently on hold to determine if the administration truly restores all critical functions of NIOSH. IAM Union will continue with the lawsuit alongside its allies and if necessary, continue to advocate for a fully staffed, fully funded NIOSH that can carry out its congressionally mandated mission of protecting workers’ health and safety.
