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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAFL-CIO statement on OSHA removing COVID-19 emergency temp standard (ETS) for health care workers
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The AFL-CIO; @AFTunion; @NationalNurses; @AFSCME; @UFCW; the @steelworkers; @RWDSU; and @SEIU issued the following statement on @OSHA_DOL removing the #COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for health care workers ⬇️
First and foremost, we strongly disagree with the Biden administrations decision to discontinue the enforceable OSHA ETS for health care workers. With the omicron variant surging and no permanent standard in place, our front-line heroes are in grave danger of COVID-19 infection.
Workplace COVID-19 outbreaks are exploding; recent data show the number of infections doubled and deaths nearly quadrupled among nursing home workers alone.
The ETS made clear to health care employers that proven prevention measures limiting airborne exposures to COVID-19 are absolutely necessary and would be fully enforced to keep workers from getting sick and being removed from work.
These include improved ventilation, patient screening and respirators, and providing paid leave when workers are infected and must quarantine.
Our message to every employer is this: While vaccines and boosters help prevent serious disease and death, COVID-19 is life-threatening, especially to health care and medical workers, and all proven protective measures must remain in place.
The administrations pursuit of a broader infectious disease standard, something weve championed for years, will empower us to fight the next pandemic.
But to protect workers now, we need to build on the emergency COVID-19 standard by making it permanent, not scrapping it altogether.
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AFL-CIO statement on OSHA removing COVID-19 emergency temp standard (ETS) for health care workers (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Dec 2021
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leftstreet
(36,117 posts)1. DURec
ecstatic
(32,740 posts)2. True, but I think hospitals and clinics are kind of in a catch 22 right now
They can't afford to sideline their unvaccinated workers, but the unvaccinated workers may be contributing to the surge.
3Hotdogs
(12,437 posts)3. Dead workers can't treat patients.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)4. I Understand the need for all hands on deck
But this seems really stupid.