Although some workers are back on the job, employees at the NIOSH facility in Morgantown are still set to permanently lose their jobs in June, according to U.S. Senatore Shelley Moore Capito.
Capito told reporters Thursday she continues to advocate for the workers. But there still is no change in their status.
NIOSH was placed on the Department of Health and Human Services’ reduction in force list in early April.
Capito said she's hoping that will change in the next month.
"I think that we need to further get to the secretary's office, which we are doing now,” Capito said. “The different responsibilities at NIOSH and how they're unique and not performed anywhere else in the country. But for right now, everybody is still under the RIF June 2.”