Trump’s Cuts Will Impact Safety of Healthcare Workers

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA.

Amidst the chaos and headlines surrounding the Trump administration, one devastating budget cut has quietly flown under the radar. As it stands, the Trump administration has proposed slashing the budget of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) by a staggering 80% next fiscal year.

NIOSH has played an important role in protecting healthcare workers since it was founded in 1970. For example, NIOSH tests and certifies N95 respirators which healthcare workers rely on to protect themselves when treating sick patients. NIOSH also helped develop modern safe patient handling programs designed to reduce injury rates among healthcare workers. Gutting NIOSH would undermine the safety programs healthcare workers depend on every day!

Click here to read the article printed in the 06-18-25 Healthcare Newsletter

Related Posts

Trump Escalates Cuba Sanctions with EO 14404

June 2, 2026

At the beginning of May, Trump signed Executive Order 14404, imposing yet another host of sanctions on Cuba, in addition to the existing oil blockade. The Executive Order is titled “Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy,” and significantly

Read More »

The Ebola Outbreak as a Legacy of Imperialism

June 2, 2026

A new Ebola outbreak is spreading through the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda. Hundreds have already died, and health authorities are racing to contain the disease. For many outside Africa, outbreaks like this are seen as another unfortunate but inevitable natural disaster. A dangerous virus appears, people become

Read More »

Pollute More and Get Paid

June 1, 2026

California is giving free emission permits, allowing big polluters to pollute more and reducing the money available for transit, housing, and other programs.

Read More »

Los dos hombres que creen que pueden gobernar el mundo

June 1, 2026

La reciente reunión en China entre Trump y el presidente chino, Xi Jinping, acaparó la atención de los medios de comunicación de todo el mundo. Se informó con todo detalle sobre el lugar de la reunión, lo que comieron y quiénes los acompañaron. Se presentó como el encuentro entre las

Read More »

What is Happening with the General Strike in Bolivia?

June 1, 2026

This is a translation of a synthesis of three articles by Rafael Santos of the Partido Obrero (Workers’ Party) in Argentina, published on its website, Prensa Obrera on May 23, 2026. Its analyses are those of a Trotskyist current, with information and perspective that should be interesting to our readership.

Read More »