Nurses Union Drops Challenge To COVID-19 ETS, Leaving One Live Suit

The labor union National Nurses United (NNU) has dropped its court challenge to OSHA’s COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) without explanation, leaving a challenge by the AFL-CIO and United Food and Commercial Workers International (UFCW) as apparently the only active litigation over the medical-sector rule. NNU withdrew its suit in a July 7 filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which says only that “IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the parties that...