Deluzio Statement on Reinstatement of Some Allegheny County NIOSH Workers

CARNEGIE, PA -- Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) released the following statement in response to news that dozens of National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health workers in Allegheny County that were fired by the Trump Administration would be reinstated. 

His statement reads:

“In early April, my team and I learned that the Trump Administration was firing around 200 workers at the National Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) facility in Allegheny County. 

"We jumped into action, working with Congressional colleagues and calling on the White House to reverse these firings that would have hurt workplace safety.

"Today, we received some good news: some of these firings are reversed. Soon, dozens of respirator certification workers at our local NIOSH facility get their jobs back and return to their important safety work.

"We still need to get the folks on the NIOSH mining research team saved from planned firings, but this is an important public safety win. I will keep up the fight.”

Congressman Deluzio previously sent a letter pushing the Trump Admin HHS to reverse the firings.

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