A group of federal workers rallied Downtown Tuesday to protest the ongoing government shutdown and layoffs by the Trump administration.

Local employees from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the EPA, the Veterans Administration, and other government offices held signs and chanted outside Cincinnati's federal building on Main Street.

Brenda Jones retired from NIOSH earlier this year amid drastic reductions in workforce there by the Trump administration. She said she joined the rally because she's concerned about her former coworkers and a future without the occupational safety work the agency does.

"When you cut research, heaven help us, that's all I've got to say. Because it's very, very, very serious."

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