Union Steps Up Pressure as Biden Administration Delays COVID-19 Safety Rule for Workers
Growing concern that worker protection may not be enacted. Delay Coming from âTop Political Levels of the White House.â
Despite growing pressure from labor groups and worker advocates on Capitol Hill, the Biden Administration continues to delay an emergency COVID-19 worker safety protection that was supposed to launch March 15âand itâs still unclear when (or even if) the measure will be enacted.
âWe have called for an ETS since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with other labor unions, and we believe it is imminently necessary to protect workers. While the last administration ignored us, we were encouraged when President Biden included the ETS in the Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety.â
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President Biden has announced the nomination of Cal/OSHA Chief Doug Parker for Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
The nomination is now before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
If confirmed, Parker will be the first Senate-confirmed leader of OSHA since January 2017.
Parker’s nomination comes at a time when OSHA is determining whether to move forward with an emergency COVID-19 standard.
On April 9, 2021, President Biden announced that he was nominating Doug Parker for the role of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. Doug Parker is currently the Chief of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) and has served in that role since 2019.
On March 22, 2021, former two-term Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor in a 68-29 Senate vote. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) supported Walsh’s.
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Marty Walsh confirmed as Secretary of Labor
On March 22, the U.S. Senate confirmed Marty Walsh to serve as the twenty-ninth Secretary of Labor by a bipartisan vote of 68-29. Walsh, who served as the Mayor of Boston since 2014, was virtually sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the following day. As the head of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Secretary Walsh will be responsible for several federal programs of critical importance to counties, including those authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
During his confirmation hearing, Secretary Walsh outlined his priorities for DOL, including workforce development and ensuring equitable access to quality jobs. He further expressed support for President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, which calls for an improvement in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) protection efforts related to