Senate GOP Urges OSHA Nominee To Drop Plans For COVID-19 ETS

Republicans on the Senate labor committee are calling on Doug Parker, President Joe Biden’s nominee as the next OSHA chief, to withdraw the agency’s planned COVID-19 standard (ETS), telling Parker during his May 27 confirmation hearing that vaccinations have eliminated the need for a pandemic worker safety rule. Democrats generally focused their attention on the other two nominees at the hearing -- Taryn Mackenzie Williams, nominated as assistant secretary of labor for disability employment policy, and Rajesh Nayak, nominated as...