The Associated Press is reporting thousands of employees within the U.S. Health and Human Services Department received layoff ...

Reported closures and firings at federal offices are creating concerns about the safety and health of coal miners.  On ...

W.Va., and his family are again failing to provide retirees health care coverage in violation of a collective bargaining ...

By Garrett Neese [email protected] Cuts to mining safety oversight and research, most recently Tuesday’s cuts at ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Safety official firings cause concerns for miners Reported firings at federal offices are creating concerns ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Morgantown will soon be scaled back significantly, and employees ...

When union organizers showed up, the companies retaliated. Membership in the United Mine Workers union peaked in 1946, then plummeted as government support waned and the industry waged an all-out ...