WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first ...

“This memorial means a lot to every Department of Transportation worker in West Virginia. Many of us know somebody with a name on that memorial.” There were 58 traffic cones, hard hats and ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor from ...

A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts.

As Trump Eyes Coal Revival, His Job Cuts Hobble Black Lung Protections for Miners By Valerie Volcovici OAK HILL, West ...

Cuts have also disrupted employment at Department ... making it hard for us to get that.” In addition to the thousands of federal employees with jobs on the line in West Virginia, Doyle took ...

Hundreds of workers at the NIOSH facility in Morgantown learned a a little less than a month ago that they would lose their ...

Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne viruses has ...

During national Work Zone Awareness Week, the West Virginia Department of Transportation emphasized the importance of work ...

In 2010, an explosion in a coal mine near Montcoal, in West Virginia's Raleigh County ... rise to 222,000 April 24 (UPI) -- The Department of Labor said Thursday initial jobless claims, seasonally ...