Workplace regulators want masks, health monitoring, social distancing and remote work going forward By
May 12, 2021
Michigan’s workplace regulators are moving forward with plans to make COVID-19 emergency workplace rules mandatory masking, health monitoring, social distancing, remote work a permanent feature of everyday life in the state regardless of the course the pandemic takes. The state claims that a variety of business groups were involved in developing the rules, but most of these groups are strongly against what is being put into place.
The rules proposed by the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration would extend indefinitely emergency rules set to expire in October. MIOSHA says it wants to have a permanent standard in place once the current pandemic mandates expire.
Local nurses allege unsanitary, unsafe conditions within McLaren Macomb ER
Nurses are blowing the whistle on conditions inside a local hospital emergency department. Theyâre alleging that COVID-19 patients not being isolated, potentially exposing other patients and staff. They also say you can regularly see stacks of soiled linens, overflowing garbage, and they allege the waiting room at the McLaren Macomb emergency room is rarely cleaned.
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(WXYZ) â Nurses are blowing the whistle on conditions inside a local hospital emergency department. Theyâre alleging that COVID-19 patients are not being isolated, potentially exposing other patients and staff. They also say you can regularly see stacks of soiled linens, overflowing garbage, and they allege the waiting room at the McLaren Macomb emergency room is rarely cleaned.
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This week belongs to the nurses.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a proclamation making May 6th through 12th as Nurses Week in Michigan.
“This week is important every year. This year it is even more important because as we all know the last year has been an emotional and physical toll on so many people, nurses in particular. So being able to take a little time and being able to thank a nurse will make them feel a little bit better and make them feel the work they do, is good work,” said Kori Tossava, the Director of Community Services at UP Home Health and Hospice. “I think it would be underwhelming to say it has been a more than difficult year for every nurse. Whether or not those nurses are in a skilled nursing facility, in a hospital, in a medical department, in a doctor’s office, or here and we just want to thank them for the hard work because this year would have been unimaginable without them.”
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MARQUETTE Ancillary staff at UP Health System – Marquette have filed to form a union with the Michigan Nurses Association, the MNA announced Monday.
A supermajority of UPHS-Marquette ancillary staff filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board on April 26 to have an election to form a union with the MNA, according to an MNA news release.
“Should the unionization effort be successful, it would be one of the largest groups of health care workers to win a union through the NLRB since the start of the pandemic,” the release states.
If the plan comes to fruition, ancillary staff would be joining over 300 UPHS-Marquette nurses who are currently MNA members.