Unions Press White House For Strict COVID-19 Health Care Standard

Labor groups are urging the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to tighten OSHA’s final safety standard for COVID-19 exposure in health care workplaces beyond the emergency requirements the agency imposed in 2021, focusing in particular on calls to exceed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for the pandemic. Officials with National Nurses United (NNU) used a Dec. 19 meeting with OMB to push for the permanent standard to be released as soon as possible, according...